Wild Orchids
in the Algarve
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Matricaria discoidea - Pineapple mayweed

This low-growing annual has a pineapple scent - hence its common name, also sometimes abbreviated to pineappleweed. It is very much a weed of cultivated soil, often growing in dense mats in the well trodden areas around farm gates.

The flowers, which have no outer florets, appear in May, but this flowercan be seen blooming in Wales on into November. We photographed this specimen on the banks of the River Teifi.