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§1 Plant

Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

vernacular Mexican tea — species · Chenopodiaceae

USDA
DYAM
GBIF
5568446
Rank
species
Mexican tea (Dysphania ambrosioides)
Platephotograph · J. Richard AbbottCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Genus
Dysphania
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 3 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 0 Both · 3 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 3 counties across 1 state.

Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 B ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/DYAM ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5568446 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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