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Dysphania ambrosioides

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Family Chenopodiaceae

Taxonomy: Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Synonyms: 20 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ambrina spathulata Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides L. f. ambrosioides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides L. var. ambrosioides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides f. spathulatum (Moq.) Aellen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides subsp. pinnatifidum Asch. & Graebn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides subsp. suffruticosum (Willd.) Thell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides suffruticosum (Willd.) Thell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum (L.) A.Gray (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambrosioides var. suffruticosum (Willd.) Graebn. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium anthelminticum L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium integrifolium Vorosch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium spathulatum (Moq.) Sieber ex Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium spathulatum (Moq.) Sieber ex Vorosch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium spathulatum Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium suffruticosum Willd. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium suffruticosum subsp. remotum Vorosch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants var. ambrosioides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Dysphania ambrosioides var. anthelmintica (L.) Stace (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dysphania anthelmintica (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Standish_2019 (6), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 68 records in 14 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 137.5 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 10 cm (10-10 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (6); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.98 m (0.2-1.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231313Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231212N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200633A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.