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Pygmy goosefoot

Dysphania pusilla

Pygmy goosefoot
Photo: Department of Conservation, New Zealand, CC BY 4.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Dysphania pusilla, formerly Chenopodium pusillum, otherwise known as pygmy goosefoot or parahia in Māori, is a prostrate herb endemic to the north-eastern parts of South Island, New Zealand. Presumed extinct after 56 years without recorded observations, the species was rediscovered in 2015.

Other Dysphania plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysphania pusilla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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