Chenopodiaceae

Mexican tea

Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Dysphania

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Mexican tea (Dysphania ambrosioides) — FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (42)

Arabic: أثينة عطرية, رمرام, زربيح, منتنة, نتنة
arz: اثينه عطريه
Asturian: Té mexicano
Azerbaijani: Ambroziyayabənzər disfaniya
Basque: Inurri belar
Belarusian: Лебяда амброзіепадобная
Bulgarian: Хеноподий
Catalan: Te bord
Chinese: 土荆芥, 土荊芥, 臭杏, 土荆芥*, 杀虫芥, 臭草, 鹅脚草
Czech: Merlík vonný
Dutch: Welriekende ganzenvoet
English: Mexican tea, Goosefoot, Lamb's quarters, Pigweed, Wormseed, Epazote, Jesuit's tea, American wormseed
Estonian: Ürt-hanemalts
Filipino: Epazote
Finnish: Sitruunasavikka
French: Épazote, Chénopode fausse-ambroisie
Ganda: Akagobadogo
German: Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß, Duft-Drüsengänsefuß, Neobotrydium ambrosioides, Wohlriechende Gänsefuss, Amerikanisches Wurmkraut
Guarani: Ka'arẽ
Haitian Creole: Simenkontra
hsb: Meksikanska pólšica
Hungarian: Mirrhafű, Féregűző libatop, Jezsuita tea
Indonesian: Pasote
Japanese: アリタソウ
Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಓಮ
Kinyarwanda: Kavunjahomo
Macedonian: Амброзовидна дива лобода
Malayalam: കാട്ടയമോദകം
nah: Epazōtl, Epazotl
nv: Tséʼázhííh
Polish: Komosa piżmowa
ppl: Epatzin
Quechua: Payqu
Slovak: Mrlík voňavý
Slovenian: Dišeča metlika
Spanish: Epazote, Paico
Swedish: Dieselmålla
Tamil: புழுக்கொல்லி
Thai: เอซาโปเต
Vietnamese: Dầu giun
Walloon: Fåsse ambrôze
Welsh: Te Mecsico

Synonyms

Ambrina ambrosioides (L.) Spach
Ambrina ambrosioides var. anthelmintica (L.) Moldenke
Ambrina anthelmintica (L.) Spach
Ambrina incisa (Poir.) Moq.
Ambrina parvula Phil.
Ambrina spathulata Moq.
Atriplex ambrosioides (L.) Crantz
Atriplex ambrosioides f. minus Aellen
Atriplex anthelmintica (L.) Crantz
Blitum ambrosioides Beck
Botrys ambrosioides (L.) Nieuwl.
Botrys anthelmintica (L.) Nieuwl.
Chenopodium album subsp. ambrosioides (L.) H.J.Coste & A.Reyn.
Chenopodium amboanum (Murr) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. angustifolium (Pav. ex Moq.) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. dentatum (Fenzl) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. integrifolium (Fenzl) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. minus (Murr) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. pinnatifidum (Willk.) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. rotundatum Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. spathulatum (Moq.) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides f. suffruticosum (Willd.) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides subsp. suffruticosum (Willd.) Thell.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. angustifolium Sieber ex Moq.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. anthelminticum (L.) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. comosum Willk.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. costei Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. dentatum Fenzl
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. integrifolium Fenzl
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. obovata (Moq.) Speg.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. obovatum (Moq.) Speg.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. pinnatifidum Willk.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. pubescens Makino
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. querciforme (Murr) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. suffruticosum (Willd.) Graebn.
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. suffruticosum (Willd.) Aellen
Chenopodium ambrosioides var. vagans (Standl.) J.T.Howell
Chenopodium angustifolium Pav. ex Moq.
Chenopodium anthelminticum L.

and 26 more.

Flowers

In flower: July to October, December (from 154 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Amanda Fisher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Guillermo Debandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: David Morgan, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stanislav Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.