Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dysphania anthelmintica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wormseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dysphania anthelmintica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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. anthelminticum
COMMON NAME:
Wormseed, Epazote
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Dysphania anthelmintica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dysphania anthelmintica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Synthesis of the North American Flora (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. anthelminticum
3070
Forb
Annual/Weak perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on dunes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
5 persistent sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
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