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Cutleaf Goosefoot

Dysphania multifida

Also called Scented Goosefoot, Cut Leaf Goosefoot, Small Leaf Wormseed, Cut Leaved Goosefoot

Cutleaf Goosefoot
Photo: Solanum, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cutleaf goosefoot is a small, aromatic annual herb in the amaranth and beet family, native to South America and now found on most continents as a weed of disturbed ground such as roadsides. It is an easy, fast-growing weed in open, sunny, disturbed soil.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Poor to average, well-drained soil; tolerates disturbed ground.
Temperature
Tolerates a wide range of warm conditions; frost-tender, so keep above 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Peru to S. South America
Climate
subtropical

About

Dysphania multifida is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common names cutleaf goosefoot

and scented goosefoot.

Other Dysphania plants

Goosefoot · Winged Pigweed · Jerusalem-Oak · Clammy Goosefoot · Goosefoot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysphania multifida 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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