OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dysphania anthelmintica   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dysphania anthelmintica   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Dysphania ambrosioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Dysphania anthelmintica

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. anthelminticum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ambrina ambrosioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Wormseed, Epazote


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image of Dysphania anthelmintica, Wormseed, Epazote

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231861437494914

July    Georgetown County    SC

Primary leaves regularly lobed, the lobes broad-based and triangular-tapered, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dysphania anthelmintica   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dysphania anthelmintica   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Dysphania ambrosioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Dysphania anthelmintica

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. anthelminticum

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ambrina ambrosioides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3070

Forb
Annual/Weak perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: dunes, also in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
5 persistent sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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