Chenopodium ambrosioides L.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: CHENOPODIACEAE

Genus: Chenopodium

Catalan common name: Te bord. Te fals.

Spanish common name: Ajasote. Hierba hormiguera. Pasote. Pazote. Té de España. Té de Méjico. Te español.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): America

Uses and properties: Aromatic. Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte. Terophyte.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: An herbaceous and erect plant that give off an agreeable lemony scent. The leaves are lanceolate with a serrate margin. Develops an elongate wide and foliose terminal inflorescence, with very small flowers grouped into dense, sessile and axillary glomerules.