Anthemis COMPOSITAE Artemisia 



A. arvensis L. Wild Chamomile. 



Common weed of pastures and cultivated ground, from the 

 Fall Line southward to the Virginia line. Mid-May to July. 

 Adv. from Europe. 



Matricaria L. 



M. matricarioides (Less.) Porter. {M. suaveolens (Pursh) Buche- 

 nau.) Pineapple-weed. 



Waif at Old Town Point (K), on east shore of St. Jones' Creek, 

 Mrs. W. S. Corkran, 1 June 1936 (T). Nat. from the Pacific slope. 



Chrysanthemum L. 



C. Leucanthemum L. var. pinnatifidum Lecoq. & Lamotte. White 

 or Ox-eye Daisy. 



Common weed in fields and meadows. June to Oct. 



C. Parthenium (L.) Bernh. Feverfew. 



Cultivated, and escaping to waste ground about Wilmington. 

 June. Introd. from Europe. 



Tanacetum L. Tansy. 



T. vulgare L. Common Tansy. 



Escaped from gardens to roadsides near dwellings, in the 

 northern counties. July, Aug. 



Artemisia L. Wormwood 



A. Abrotanum L. Southernwood. 



One collection, as an escape from garden: roadside, Cooch's 

 Mill (NC), Commons, 8 Sept. 1891 (A). Introd. from Europe. 



A. gnaphalodes Nutt. (A. ludoviciana of manuals.) Western 



MUGWORT. 



Rare, in dry ground: near Seaford (S), E. Tatnall, Aug. 1892 

 (D); Townsend (NC), Commons & Tatnall, 21 Sept. 1894 (D, A). 



A. vulgaris L. Common Mugwort. 



In waste ground at Wilmington: Jackson & Sharp's, Commons 

 in 1897 (A); along Greenhill Ave. at Sixth Street, R. R. Tatnall, 

 4669, 3 Sept. 1940 (T, A). Nat. from Europe. 



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