Pigweed
ಕಾಡು ಓಮபுழுக்கொல்லிകാട്ടയമോദകം
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 1.1 m
- wide
- —
Amaranthaceae
Also called Wormseed, Mexican tea, Goosefoot, Lamb's quarters
Formerly Agathophytum ambrosioides, Ambrina ambrosioides, Ambrina parvula, Ambrina spathulata, and 20 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- America, Subantarctic Is.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- GreenRead from NC State Extension and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Chinese
- 土荆芥, 土荆芥*
- Simplified Chinese
- 土荆芥
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 土荊芥, 臭杏
- German
- Duft-Drüsengänsefuß
- Tamil
- புழுக்கொல்லி
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಓಮ
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടയമോദകം
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Dysphania ambrosioides (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.