Dysphania ambrosioides
Common names
Mexican tea
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
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).
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Amaranthaceae
Synonyms
Chenopodium ambrosioides
Ecology
Year naturalised
1853
Origin
Tropical America
Other information
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.
DYSAMB