Index / Search / Dysphania ambrosioides
§1 Plant
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
vernacular Mexican tea — species · Chenopodiaceae
§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
· 1,015 counties across 43 states/territories§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 1,015 counties across 43 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 B ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 B ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 40 B ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Pike 05109
- Pulaski 05119
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
California view state ↗ 42 B ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- Sacramento 06067
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Tehama 06103
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Colorado view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 B ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 B ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 25 B ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Cook 13075
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Fulton 13121
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Thomas 13275
- Treutlen 13283
- Washington 13303
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 66 B ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 26 B ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Elkhart 18039
- Fayette 18041
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
Kansas view state ↗ 41 B ▾
- Allen 20001
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 38 B ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 B ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 B ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 B ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 B ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 46 B ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Marion 29127
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 B ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 23 B ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 83 B ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 48 B ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Meigs 39105
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Perry 39127
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 B ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 15 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 33 B ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 B ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 33 B ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 B ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 35 B ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Claiborne 47025
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Grainger 47057
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 63 B ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Atascosa 48013
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Comanche 48093
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Erath 48143
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jack 48237
- Jackson 48239
- Jefferson 48245
- Johnson 48251
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kent 48263
- Lee 48287
- Leon 48289
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Nueces 48355
- Polk 48373
- Real 48385
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Titus 48449
- Travis 48453
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
Utah view state ↗ 3 B ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 B ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 90 B ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 9 B ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 28 B ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Raleigh 54081
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
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