Dysphania anthelmintica (Linnaeus) Mosyakin & Clemants. Wormseed, Epazote. Phen: Jun-Oct. Hab: Dunes, also in disturbed areas. Dist: NY south to FL, west to TX; Mexico, West Indies, Bermuda, Central America; scattered inland in North America probably as an introduction.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = FNA4, Il, NE, NY; = Chenopodium anthelminticum L. – S13; < Ambrina ambrosioides (L.) Spach – S; < Chenopodium ambrosioides – Bah, C, G, NcTx, RAB, Tx, W, WH3, Wahl (1954); < Chenopodium ambrosioides var. ambrosioides – K1; > Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum (L.) A.Gray – F, Tat; > Chenopodium ambrosioides var. chilense (Schrad.) Griseb. – F; < Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants – K3, K4, Mex

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• 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: 9