Jerusalem Oak

Jerusalem Oak

Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants
(formerly Chenopodium botrys L.)

Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

▲ ▼ seedlings and young plant

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ ▼ stem and leaf close-ups

▲ stem detail

▲ leaf detail

Jerusalem Oak:

spreading to upright, much-branched summer annual with medium to light green, fuzzy leaves
leaves have shape of an oak leaf and have strong, disagreeable odor if crushed
flowers are tiny in the axils of the leaves
entire plant--leaves, stems--are hairy
prefers moist, well-drained, fertile soils
occasional weed in southwest Missouri--often brought to sites by new nursery plants