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|accepted_name=Dysphania ambrosioides
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Mosyakin & Clemants
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn., n. s.
|place=59: 382. 2002
|year=2002
}}
|common_names=Mexican-tea;wormseed
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Chenopodium ambrosioides
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 219. 1753
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chenopodium ambrosioides var. suffruticosum
|authority=(Willdenow) Ascherson & Graebner
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Teloxys ambrosioides
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Dysphania;Dysphania sect. Adenois;Dysphania ambrosioides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dysphania]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Dysphania sect. Adenois]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dysphania ambrosioides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 265, 269
|treatment_page=page 270
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending, much-branched, 3–10(–15) dm, ± glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> aromatic, distal leaves sessile; petiole to 18 mm; blade ovate to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, proximal ones mostly lanceolate, 2–8(–12) × 0.5–4(–5.5) cm, base cuneate, margins entire, dentate, or laciniate, apex obtuse to attenuate, copiously gland-dotted (rarely glabrous). <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral spikes, 3–7 cm; glomerules globose, 1.5–2.3 mm diam.; bracts leaflike, lanceolate, oblanceolate, spatulate, or linear, 0.3–2.5 cm, apex obtuse, acute, or attenuate. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth segments 4–5, connate for ca. 1/2 their length, distinct portion ovate, rounded abaxially, 0.7–1 mm, apex obtuse, glandular-pubescent, covering seed at maturity; stamens 4–5; stigmas 3. <b>Achenes</b> ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, rugose to smooth. <b>Seeds</b> horizontal or vertical, reddish brown, ovoid, 0.6–1 × 0.4–0.5 mm; seed coat rugose to smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=River bottoms, dry lake beds, flower beds, waste areas
|elevation=0-700 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;native to North America and South America;widely naturalized throughout the tropics and warm-temperate regions of the world.
|discussion=<p>Southern populations of <i>Dysphania ambrosioides</i> are native while those populations in the northern part of the flora area are introduced.</p>
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name=Dysphania ambrosioides
|authority=(Linnaeus) Mosyakin & Clemants
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chenopodium ambrosioides var. suffruticosum;Teloxys ambrosioides
|basionyms=Chenopodium ambrosioides
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=River bottoms, dry lake beds, flower beds, waste areas
|elevation=0-700 m
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;native to North America and South America;widely naturalized throughout the tropics and warm-temperate regions of the world.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn., n. s.
|publication year=2002
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_490.xml
|genus=Dysphania
|section=Dysphania sect. Adenois
|species=Dysphania ambrosioides
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