Dysphania Ambrosioides

Botanical Name:

Dysphania ambrosioides

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How to Grow
Sunlight
Full Sun
6+ hours of direct sun per day
Characteristics

Bloom Time

Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Plant Type

Annual, Herb, Native Plant, Perennial, Poisonous, Herb up to 120 cm. high, usually annual, rarely a short-lived perennial, polymorphic (principally in America), upright, much branched, green (? occasionally red-tinged), variably pubescent or hairy especially on stem, also with numerous yellowish sessile glands particularly on lower side of leaves, strongly aromatic., Subshrub

Lifespan

Annual, Perennial

Flower

The upper stems and smaller side stems terminate in 1 inch long spikes of stemless flowers that are interspersed with small leafy bracts. The 1/4 inch individual greenish flowers are arranged in dense clusters along these spikes. It blooms mid-summer to fall., Flowers greenish, 0.5–1.5 mm. in diameter.

Fruit

Fruits are small and greenish, with black seeds., Pericarp easily removed.

Taxonomy

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Amaranthaceae

Genus

Dysphania