Common name: Indian Hemp, Marijuana
Cannabis sativa L. APNI* Synonyms: Cannabis indica Lam. APNI*
Cannabis ruderalis Jan APNI*
Description: Erect branching dioecious herb, often woody at base, mostly 1–4 m high, stems ± quadrangular, covered with glandular and non-glandular hairs; stems, leaves and inflorescences with cystoliths in the basal part of some of the non-glandular hairs.
Leaves usually with 3–7 leaflets, leaflets linear to lanceolate, 3–10 cm long, margins sharply and coarsely toothed, prominently veined; petiole 3–8 cm long.
Achene c. 4 mm long, brown with lighter markings; enclosed in glandular bracts.
Flowering: chiefly summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Frequently cultivated, occasionally naturalized; native of Eurasia.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *S.A.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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