Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Chenopodium ambrosioides L.
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 : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : America
Flowering time : July. August. September. October. November.
Life-forms : Chameophyte. Terophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated fields, path and road sides.
Uses and properties : Aromatic. Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
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.
Status : Alien species.
