Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

 
  • Family : CHENOPODIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Chenopodiaceae
  • Species : Chenopodium ambrosioides
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
  • Common name : Mexican Tea
  • Collection Nos : KFP 6767, KFP 8732
  • Key identification features : An erect branched, aromatic, bushy herb. Leaves are simple, alternate, with a sinuate leaf margin. Flowers are minute, inconspicuous, greenish, in axillary or terminal closed bunches.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : Central & South America
  • Comments : Found growing as a weed in open areas, easily detected by its strong characteristic odor.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Davanagere, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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