Dysphania botrys |
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feather geranium, Jerusalem oak |
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Habit | Plants 1–4(6) dm. |
Stems | ascending to erect, branched, with short-stalked glandular hairs. |
Leaves | blades ovate to elliptic, 1–6 cm; lower principal blades 2–5 cm; margins irregularly pinnately lobed, glandular beneath. |
Inflorescences | axillary or terminal branched cymes or panicles, 10–35 cm; flowers in spherical clusters or not; bracts usually absent above. |
Flowers | perianth segments 5, parted nearly to base; somewhat enclosing fruit at maturity, glandular; short-pedicelled. |
Fruits | glabrous; pericarp adherent to seed. |
Seeds | horizontal. |
2n | =18. |
Dysphania botrys |
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Distribution | |
Discussion | Riverbanks, disturbed areas, fields. Flowering Jun–Sep. 0–1500 m. All ecoregions. CA, ID, NV, WA; scattered throughout southern Canada and US; Asia, Europe. Exotic. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 80 Bridget Chipman |
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Synonyms | Chenopodium botrys |
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