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Dysphania carinata branch2

Native, warm-season, annual or short-lived perennial, prostrate to erect, aromatic herb covered with glandular and other hairs. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, lamina to 30 mm long, sinuate to entire; petioles are usually shorter than the blades. Flowerheads consist of few- to many-flowered axillary clusters. Flowers are bisexual or female and about 1 mm across; perianth segments 5, free to base, keeled or inflated upwards, hairy towards apex, often spathulate; stamen 1 or 0. Flowering is in summer. Grows in woodlands and open areas in eucalypt forest and rainforests. Becomes a weed of cultivation. Suspected of poisoning stock.

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Uploaded on January 26, 2015
Taken on January 25, 2015