Epazote

Epazote is a leafy herb with elongated, jagged-edged green leaves.

Its sharp, camphor-citrus aroma and resinous, slightly bitter flavor stand up to long cooking; cooks add it near the end or simmer whole sprigs to perfume dishes. Common uses include seasoning pots of beans, pozole, quesadillas, and mushroom fillings, and it's sold as fresh sprigs or dried leaves.

Native to Mexico and Central America, epazote became a staple in regional cuisines and spread throughout Latin America and the United States with migration and trade. It is widely grown as a hardy annual and also persists as a self-seeding wild herb around fields and roadsides.