Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Dysphania glomulifera subsp. glomulifera
Pigweed
Chenopodiaceae
Damp earth or drying mud in depressions. Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere. Uncommon.
Annual or short lived perennial herb to 0.20 m tall or prostrate. Sometimes somewhat fleshy. Stems with sparse glandular hairs. Leaves somewhat aromatic when rubbed, alternating along the stems, about 0.2-1.2 cm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, almost hairless above, sparsely hairy below with short glandular hairs. Bisexual and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers to about 0.3 mm in diameter, with 1-3 green hooded 'petals', in dense clusters 2-3 mm in diameter.
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~glomulifera (accessed 14 April 2021)
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