Step 1. Correctly identify your plant.
Annual with branched flowering stalks up to 3 feet in height
Leaves are alternate and fernlike, finely divided, and odorless when crushed.
Flowers have a central yellow disk surrounded by white petals, multiple flowers to a stem. Scentless chamomile flowers are smaller than both Oxeye daisy (noxious) and Shasta daisy.
Step 2: choose your method
Hand pull or dig removing at least 1-3” of root.
Mowing can be used to stop seed production but should be followed by hand pulling. Scentless chamomile will form new flowers below the cutting height of the mower and repeated mowing can remove native competition and make the problem worse.
Scentless chamomile will not compete with establish healthy native greases, seed any bare areas to increase natural competition.
Step 3. Repeat.
A single plant can produce as many as 1 million seeds. It is important to not let this weed go to seed and to continue to monitor the area.
To learn more about the biology of Scentless chamomile visit the web page below.