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Jerusalem Oak

Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

(formerly Chenopodium botrys L.)

Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

▲▼ seedlings and young plant

▲▼ mature plants

▲▼ stem and leaf close-ups

stem detail

leaf detail

Jerusalem Oak:

o        spreading to upright, much-branched summer annual with medium to light green, fuzzy leaves

o        leaves have shape of an oak leaf and have strong, disagreeable odor if crushed

o        flowers are tiny in the axils of the leaves

o        entire plant—leaves, stems—are  hairy

o        prefers moist, well-drained, fertile soils

o        occasional weed in southwest Missouri—often brought to sites by new nursery plants

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