Dysphania ambrosioides
Common name
Mexican tea
Synonyms
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Family
Amaranthaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CHEAMB
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
Somewhat similar to C. album with longer, narrower, wavy-edged leaves, not mealy, and with unpleasant, pungent, aromatic odour (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).
Year naturalised
1853
Origin
Tropical America