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Dysphania melanocarpa

Dysphania melanocarpa
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0

Dysphania melanocarpa, black crumbweed, is a low-growing annual herb native to arid and semi-arid Australia. It thrives in well-drained soil and needs little water.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Dysphania melanocarpa, commonly known as black crumbweed, is an annual herb that grows in arid and semi-arid regions of Australia.

Where it grows

It occurs in arid and semi-arid areas of Australia, usually in well-drained soils.

Other Dysphania plants

Goosefoot · Winged Pigweed · Jerusalem-Oak · Fetid goosefoot · Red Crumbweed · Cutleaf Goosefoot · Dysphania pseudomultiflora · Clammy Goosefoot · Pygmy goosefoot · Goosefoot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysphania melanocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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