Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dysphania pumilio
Common name
Small crumbweed
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Where found
Disturbed sites. Widespread.
Notes
Annual or short lived perennial herb to 0.25 m tall or sprawling to prostrate. Stems hairy, slightly sticky. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating along the stems, 0.5-2 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, hairy, sticky, margins entire, toothed, lobed, or wavy. Flowers female or bisexual, tiny (less than 3 mm in diameter) with 5 'petals' united towards the base, in small clusters. Seed cases whitish when mature.
Was Chenopodium pumilio.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dysphania~pumilio (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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