Pineapple Weed

Matricaria discoidea

Pineapple weed is a low-growing aromatic relative of chamomile. Crushing the yellow-green flower heads releases the pineapple-like scent behind its common name.¹

Food notes

Both flowers and leaves are edible, and the flowers are used as an infusion plant.¹

A useful oddity

Unlike familiar daisy-like chamomile flowers, pineapple weed lacks white ray petals. Its rounded greenish-yellow head often appears almost petalless.¹

Footnotes

1. Penn State Extension, “Pineappleweed,” 2025. ↩ ↩² ↩³