Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Chenopodium allanii

Einadia allanii

poipapa, parahia

goosefoot

These straggly perennial herbs were the main weeds of kūmara crops in pre-European gardens. (G. Harris, pers comm.)

" The panamata, paraihia [sic], is a diminutive kind of spinach, with a very dark leaf" (Taylor 1855).

Considered endemic, though it appears in modified habitats such as roadsides ( Webb et al, 1988)

See also Dysphania pusilla

"Tena te ringa tango parahia!. Well-done the hand that roots up weeds!

Applied to a steady worker in root-crop plantations. " (Colenso 1879:115)