Pineapple Weed
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This close relative of chamomile, which grows in sunny very poor soil, such as baseball diamonds and parking lots, has the same usesómake a tea with the leaves, flowers, and stems, and enjoy as a beverage, or to relieve nervous tension, stomach upset, and insomnia caused by stress.
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Pineapple Weed
This small, pineapple-scented plant has fine, lacy leaves, and small, inconspicuous, globular, yellow-green flower heads. |
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Pineapple Weed Basal Rosette
Fern-like leaves emerge in early spring and fall, easily distinguished from similar-looking yarrow (another medicinal beverage) by their pineapple scent. |
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Pineapple Weed, Side View
From the side, the lacy leaves make the plant look like a tiny Christmas tree. |
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Pineapple Weed in Flower
The flower heads grow at the tips of the branches spring, summer, and fall. |
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Pineapple Weed Flowers
The small, globe-shaped, yellow-green flower heads are composed of many tiny, tubular disk flowers bunched together, typical of the composite (daisy-sunflower-dandelion) family. Unlike related chamomile, there are no petal-like ray flowers. |
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