Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Dysphania anthelmintica
FAMILY
Chenopodiaceae
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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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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
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
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?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p214?
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