Mexican Tea

(Chenopodium ambrosioides)

 

Color Photograph: Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, West National Technical Center.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Mexican Tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides)

Alien: Native of tropical America.

Identification: Flowers green, arranged in short spikes of interrupted small clusters. Stem and leaves with the smell of turpentine. Leaves elongate, outer margins wavy, not lobed. Plant 2 to 4 feet in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of North America.

Habitat: Mexican Tea is a species of disturbed habitats such as fields, lots, and roadsides.

Flowering period: August to November.

Mexican Tea (Chenopodium ambrosioides)

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The aroma of the plant and the wavy outer margins are distinctive.

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