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False mayweed

Tripleurospermum maritimum

Also called Sea mayweed, Scentless mayweed, Coastal Scentless Mayweed, False Chamomile, Seaside Chamomile

False mayweed
Photo: User:Jamesnbryant, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Greenland, Azores (Pico), Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Tripleurospermum maritimum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family commonly known as false mayweed or sea mayweed. It is found in many coastal areas of Northern Europe, including Scandinavia and Iceland, often growing in sand or amongst beach pebbles.

Where it grows

According to Plants of the World Online it is native to Europe, Greenland, and the Azores. It grows in all of the Scandinavian countries and the British Isles. South of the Baltic Sea it is native to the Baltic States, Northwest European Russia near St. Petersburg, Poland, and Germany. In the west it is also native to France, Spain, and Portugal.

Other Tripleurospermum plants

Scentless Mayweed · Tripleurospermum subpolare · Tripleurospermum tenuifolium · Mayweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tripleurospermum maritimum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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