Impatient ID please?

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  1. nikirushka

    nikirushka Gardener

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    This seeded itself in one of my pots, and I've found a few more little sprouts since. But I've no clue what it is! The foliage is similar to love-in-a-mist but on a smaller scale, and the flowerheads are wrong of course. It's not dill. I should wait until the flowers develop fully before I ask, but I am too impatient for that :P So can anyone tell me what it is? It's about a foot tall at the moment, but it's been growing quickly - several inches in all directions in the last week. Every longer bit has got these little flowerheads at the end.

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    Looks like the Chamomile I grew last year.
     
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      Think it might be Mayweed (Anthemis cotula). It'll have quite a strong smell if you rub the leaves between your fingers. Pretty little thing, but does seed itself around quite a lot.




       
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      • nikirushka

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        It's got no scent on it that I can detect. I was thinking some sort of chamomile - the garden centre has little wild chamomiles in at the moment which look very similar, but being a fraction of the size I'm not sure. I might buy one and grow it to compare!

        ETA ok, so they're the same thing - or same genus, anyway. Mayweeds, chamomile, and pineapple weed that's been suggested elsewhere but I'm struggling to find an example with the same foliage or growth habit as mine (no idea why the last pic is upside down!):

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        Scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum)? The form of these 'weeds' is variable depending on the conditions.
         
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