''Dysphania pumilio'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Chenopodioideae
The Chenopodioideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae in the APG III system, which is largely based on molecular phylogeny, but were included - together with other subfamilies - in family Chenopodiaceae in the Cronquist ...
known by the common name clammy goosefoot.
It is native to
Australia
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, but it can be found in other parts of the world as an
introduced species, often growing in disturbed and waste areas such as roadsides and lots. It is known from many parts of North America and Europe, and it was recently spotted in
Iran for the first time, in the
Māzandarān Province.
[Rahiminejad, M. R., et al. (2004)]
''Chenopodium pumilio'' (Chenopodiaceae) new to the flora of Iran
. ''Willdenowia'' 34:183-6. It is thought to have first arrived in Europe with imports of
wool from Australia.
[ This is a very aromatic annual herb growing erect, sticky, glandular stems up to about 25 centimeters tall. The leaves are alternately arranged, up to 2 centimeters long, lance-shaped to oval and edged with bumpy lobes. The surface of the leaf is coated in white sticky glands and sparse hairs. The inflorescence is a spherical cluster of densely packed tiny green flowers located in the leaf axils. Each flower is pebbly with glands and covers the developing fruit.
]
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
pumilio
Flora of New Jersey
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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