Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Dysphania carinata
Keeled Goosefoot, Green Crumbweed
Chenopodiaceae
Weed of gardens and waste places. Along streams. Coast and ranges, mainly Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere.
Annual or short-lived perennial herb to 0.55m high or prostrate. Aromatic, covered with glandular and other hairs. Leaves alternating along the stems, 0.9-3 cm long, 3–14 mm wide, margins often wavy. Flowers bisexual or female, about 1 mm in diameter. 'Petals' 5, free to the base, keeled or inflated upwards, fringed with coarse hairs along the keel, often spoon-shaped. Flowers in few- to many-flowered clusters.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dysphania~carinata (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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