Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
Chenopodium ambrosioides Linnaeus
Teloxys ambrosioides (Linnaeus) W.A. Weber
Dysphania ambrosioides is highly variable. The leaves range in size from a centimeter or two in length to 14cm. They are coarsely lobed or dentate. The flowers occur in terminal and lateral spikes. The spikes are covered with
clear resinous globules. The seeds are glossy brown. Dysphania ambrosioides is found in canyons at middle elevation.
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Dysphania ambrosioides, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River near Three Mile Ruin, Sept. 27, 2008
Dysphania ambrosioides, micro of seed, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River near Three Mile Ruin, Sept. 27, 2008
Dysphania ambrosioides, micro of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River near Three Mile Ruin, Sept. 27, 2008
Dysphania ambrosioides, micro of resin globules, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River near Three Mile Ruin, Sept. 27, 2008
Dysphania ambrosioides, measurement of leaf length, photo Russ Kleinman, West Fork of the Gila River near Three Mile Ruin, Sept. 27, 2008
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