Having consulted my "Weeds of the Prairies" (my version of a wildflower book) I would say that's probably what it is. It's too tall and bushy for Ox-Eye Daisy, which is the other white daisy-like thing that takes over like that. My book says the Ox-Eye Daisy has spoon-shaped, lobed leaves. Scentless Chamomile "forms a rosette of finely-divided leaves". Hard to see from your pic (it's a little far away).

Oh well if you're gonna have an infestation... might as well be that, it looks pretty!

That's what it looks like in this neck of the woods, Sharon. I know the farmers curse it, so it must be a problem for them as well. I think it's kind of in the same league as purple loosestrife, invasiveness, that is.

Thanks for your viewÂs gals, I will see if I can take a close up photo tomorrow to get a better perspective. If itÂs a noxious weed then I'd better get the Round-Up out tomorrow... it is a really pretty plant, but I would hate to see it taking over and blowing seed into my prime gardens and into my farmer friends fields ;)

My books says one plant can produce more than 300,000 seeds, which may remain dormant for several years, waiting untill the time is right to germinate and produce a whole new generation of plants. YIKES!

Syn Matricaria perforata.

Sharon

Looks a lot like Scentless Camomile, would have to see the leaves to be 100% positive.

Has taken over my in-laws acreage in just 1 year - last year fields down the road were full of it (the farmer didn't control it). Now their acreage is covered in the stuff. Was out to their place a couple of days ago, they've got a big problem on their hands. They won't be able to spray it next to their wind-rows of shrubs, will have to hand pull bazillions of them.

Here I got some better photos taken this morning. Can't Round-Up today, it looks like its going to rain.

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Scentless chamomile must die. It looks like you are in a rural area and if your MD finds it on your land they can (and probably will) go after you with a vengence. Which MD do you live in? I'm in Big Lakes.

I work for an oil company and we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year clearing SC from our leases. There are very different rules for noxious weeds in rural and urban areas - or at least they are inforced differently. Farmers and industry can be fined heavily for having noxious weeds but they seem to run wild in urban areas and no one is forced to clean it up. One of our summer students whose job in part is to pick weeds was in Edmonton over the weekend and she couldn't belive the infestation in some areas.

There was an infestation of thistle around my office that the landlord wasn't compelled to clean up. If there was that many plants on one of our leases we would have been in biiiiiig trouble.

Spray then pull then soak the area in Round-up again to get any seeds/sprouts. If you can, burn the plants after picking. Keep going back and pulling the seedlings as they sprout. Next year, keep spraying and pulling every time you see one of the (&*(*$ things. If you don't keep on top of it they will eat your other plants alive. It's Evil!!!

Glen - the farmer near your inlaws obvious lives in an area with a really bad weed inspector. Back in the late 70s early 80s my granddad was a weed inspector and he had some weedy horror stories.

Wow I didn't know it was such a big problem - sorry if it was insensitive of me to say it's pretty. I used to work in an office that bordered agricultural land and we used to see the odd SC plant at the edge of the field but it was nowhere near an infestation - maybe it's not so bad in my area? I don't know.