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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Chenopodium album anthelminticum

Citation: A.Gray, Man. Bot. N. U.S. edn 2:364 (1856).

Synonymy: C. anthelminticum L., Sp. Pl. 220 (1753).

Common name: Wormseed.

Description:
Inflorescence branches slender, spike-like; bracts of the flower clusters very small or absent.

Published illustration: Hegi (1960) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa edn 2, 3: fig. 264 left.

Flowering time: Feb. — June.

Biology: Cultivated for its oil and for use as a vermifuge.

Author: Not yet available


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