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Rayless mayweed
Chamomilla suaveolens
Importance
Gateways and waste places and sometimes vegetables crops/horticulture.
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1. The first true leaves have few or no lobes.
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2. Later leaves are more fleshy than the other Mayweeds, with broader stalks and a shiny appearance.
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3. Upright bushy annual, differing from the other mayweeds in that the flowers have no white petals and consist of the raised yellow dome only.
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