Mexicantea, Wormwood Goosefoot
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
(formerly Chenopodium ambrosioides L.)
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)
▲▼ young plants
▲ young plant initiating flowering
▲▼ flowers
▲▼ mature flowering plants
▲ mature, post-flowering plants
Mexicantea:
o summer annual with dark green stems and narrow, toothed leaves, with all of plant having a strong wormwood or medicinal odor
o leaves narrower than lambsquarters, with no whitish coating
o grows 1-5’ tall, less branching, more of a narrow plant than lambsquarters
o more localized in its occurrence, and less aggressive than lambsquarters
o strong odor may give off-flavor to hay, milk