This is a common summer weed particularly of cultivated land where I find it in large numbers at the edge of crops. The finely divided leaves distinguish it from other daisy-like plants but it has a close relative which lives near the sea: T. maritimum with succulent leaves.
Edge of sunflower crop in Alvanley Cheshire, 22nd November 2004
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