Dysphania ambrosioides

mexican tea, mexican-tea, wormseed, epazote
Family

Chenopodiaceae

Leaf Arrangement

alternate

Leaf Attachment

petiolate

Leaf Margin

dentate, pinnatifid, serrate, sinuate

Leaf Type

simple

Leaf Shape

oblong, lanceolate, ovate

Growth Form

forb, shrub

Flower Month

July - November

Height (meters)

0.3 - 2.0

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

native

Lifespan

annual, perennial


Wetland Class

FACU

Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism

0

Field Characters

Annual growing to 1.2 m tall, irregularly branched, with 12 cm long leaves. Its flowers are small and green and occur in a panicle at the top of the stem.

Habitat

A weed in garden, roadsides, waste places, cultivated fields, shores, salt marshes.

Plant Uses

A traditional leaf vegetable in Mexico used for its pungent flavor.