Family: Asteraceae
Corn Marigold Glebionis segetum (Chrysanthemum segetum) Flowering time: June - October. Annual Prefers dry, sandy soils on roadsides, arable and waste ground. Decreasing as an arable weed but often found sown with grass seed on road banks and in wildflower mixes. Long-stalked golden-yellow flowers on an erect or sprawling plant. Hairless leaves are toothed, +/- fleshy, greyish-green with smaller stem-leaves. |
Corn Marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum / Glebionis segetum
Studland, Dorset. August 2007