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Chenopodiaceae
Dysphania

not marked as a favorite taxon Dysphania ambrosioides (Linnaeus) Mosyakin & Clemants. Common name: Mexican-Tea, Epazote. Habitat: Disturbed habitats; common, probably native southward. Distribution: Widespread in North America to South America, the original range unclear.

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA4, Il, Mi, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, Tn, Va; = Chenopodium ambrosioides L. — S13; = Chenopodium ambrosioides L. var. ambrosioides — F, Tat; < Ambrina ambrosioides (L.) Spach — S; < Chenopodium ambrosioides L. — C, G, NcTx, RAB, Tx, W, WH3, Bassett & Crompton (1982), Wahl (1954); < Chenopodium ambrosioides L. var. ambrosioides; < Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants — K4; Chenopodium ambrosioides L. Basionym: Chenopodium ambrosioides L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Dysphania ambrosioides - FNA4

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Dysphania ambrosioides© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect to ascending annual/short-lived perennial from a woody base, found in gardens, fields, stream banks, roadsides and other open, disturbed areas. Native to tropical America and possibly southern parts of N. America.

Stems: Stems angular or grooved, branching, sticky-hairy and with glandular resin dots.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, lance-shaped, 1-3 in. long (reduced upward), entire to prominently toothed, gland-dotted and with a kerosene-like smell.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in dense axillary and terminal, leafy-bracted, ascending spikes; green or reddish; tiny; closed and consisting of 3-5 sepals.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, glossy, dark brown achene.

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Height: 1-4 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect to ascending annual/short-lived perennial from a woody base, found in gardens, fields, stream banks, roadsides and other open, disturbed areas. Native to tropical America and possibly southern parts of N. America.

stems: Stems angular or grooved, branching, sticky-hairy and with glandular resin dots.

leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, lance-shaped, 1-3 in. long (reduced upward), entire to prominently toothed, gland-dotted and with a kerosene-like smell.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in dense axillary and terminal, leafy-bracted, ascending spikes; green or reddish; tiny; closed and consisting of 3-5 sepals.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, glossy, dark brown achene.

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native range: s. Mexico, Central & South America



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