Is it a native?
Small Crumbweed - native (Chenopodium pumilio)
Other names: Clammy Goosefoot.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Saltbush family).
Native of Australia (all States).
Identification:
- it is a prostrate plant
- the leaves are about 2 cm long and have shallow teeth
- the flowers are small (like crumbs) and grow at the leaf bases.
Notes: A summer-growing plant. It is reputed to be poisonous to stock.
Name. Chenopodium: Goosefoot; cheno: goose; pod: foot, the leaves of some species have the appearance of a goose's foot.
Photos: All: Small Crumbweed as a garden weed. Castlemaine.
