This section is from the book "Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers", by Caroline A. Creevey. Also available from Amazon: Harper's Guide To Wild Flowers.
Family, Composite. Color, white rays and yellow disks. Both ray and disk flowers present. This is the maruta of older editions, a common, daisy-like plant found on sandy roads and places. It has an evil smell of camomile mingled with tansy. Leaves, thrice-dissected into very fine segments. No pappus. Summer.
Plant small, generally seen along roadsides covered with dust.
 
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