Pigweed - native (Dysphania glomulifera subsp glomulifera)

Family: Chenopodiaceae (Saltbush family).

Native.All States.

Occurrence: A plant of drying mud of lakes and reservoirs.

Identification:

• it is a prostate plant to about 20cm across
• the flowers are tiny (about 0.3mm wide) and crowded
• the leaves are small and rather fleshy.

Dysphania: obscure, referring to the tiny crowded flowers.