Anthemus cotula
Dog Fennel aka Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile
Northern Africa, Asia Minor and Southern Europe

Fetid winter annual weed of waste lands
 
 
 
First true leaves of seedlings are opposite while later leaves are alternate and all of them have a fetid odor when crushed.
 
 
 

Often confused with corn chamomile (A. arvensis) which does not have the nasty odor. Sometimes confused with pineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea) which has a pleasant scent of pineapple.

 

 
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