Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dysphania ambrosioides
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Mexican-tea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dysphania ambrosioides
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dysphania ambrosioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dysphania ambrosioides
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. ambrosioides
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-03-001:
Chenopodium ambrosioides FAMILY Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. ambrosioides
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ambrina ambrosioides
COMMON NAME:
Mexican-tea, Epazote
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_087
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cham_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cham_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8986
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8987
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8993
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220705_8997
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220705_9010
July Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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Roxanna Martin rlm71410_101
July Spartanburg County SC
Leaves nearly entire to coarsely sinuate-serrate or dentate to lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm91010_19
September Spartanburg County SC
The source of Chenopodium oil used to treat stock for intestinal worms, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
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Roxanna Martin rlm9110_3
September Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence usually very leafy-bracteate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm91210_3
September Spartanburg County SC
Leaves have resinous glands or hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm91910_22
September Spartanburg County SC
Inflorescence of paniculate spikes of cymules, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm101010_34
October Spartanburg County SC
Each flower with 5 sepals, 5 stamens, and 2-3 stigmas; petals absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dysphania ambrosioides
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dysphania ambrosioides
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dysphania ambrosioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dysphania ambrosioides
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. ambrosioides
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-03-001:
Chenopodium ambrosioides
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. ambrosioides
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ambrina ambrosioides
3069
Forb
Annual/Weak perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Disturbed habitats; common, probably native southward, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native? the original range unclear (probably native southwards)
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
5 persistent sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p397?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p547
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p465
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p214?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p005
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p025
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p051
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p073
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