Dog Fennel
Anthemis cotula

Photo by Dr. John Meade, weed scientist emeritus
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension
A low growing tap-rooted winter annual. This ill smelling plant flowers early in spring. A weed of waste places and often found in small grains as well as new turf seedings. A closely related plant, Anthemis arvensis is called mayweed because it blooms in early May. It is not ill smelling.
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