Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Cooma NSW

Fruiting bodies. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Fruiting bodies. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Small Crumbweed, Clammy Goosefoot

Family

Chenopodiaceae

Notes

Annual or short lived perennial forb to 80cm tall or prostrate.  Leaves aromatic when crushed, alternating up the stems, 1-2cm long, flat, hairy, sticky, the edges entire, toothed, or lobed.  Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), in compact clusters at the bases of the leaves. 

Description and photo (as Chenopodium pumilio) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 262

eFlora of South Australia description (as Chenopodium pumilio):  http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Chenopodium_pumilio