Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Dysphania glomulifera subsp. glomulifera
Common name
Pigweed
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Where found
Damp earth or drying mud in depressions. Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere. Uncommon.
Notes
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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