Chenopodium chenopodioides |
Chenopodium subglabrum |
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buttered goosefoot, goosefoot, low goosefoot |
smooth goosefoot |
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Stems | erect to prostrate, much-branched, 0.1–3.5 dm, glabrous. |
erect or semierect, branched, 1–5.5 dm, glabrous or sparsely farinose. |
Leaves | nonaromatic; petiole to 0.28 cm; blade deltate or narrowly deltate, 0.8–6 × 0.2–3.5 cm, base cuneate, margins entire or broadly dentate, apex acute to obtuse. |
nonaromatic; petiole to 1 cm; blade linear, 1-veined, 1–3(–5) × 0.1–0.2(–0.4) cm, somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous. |
Inflorescences | lateral glomerules sessile on lateral branched spikes; glomerules subglobose, 3–4 mm diam.; bracts oblanceolate to linear, 0.2–1.5 cm. |
glomerules in terminal and axillary panicles, 6–25 × 5–20 cm, widely spaced, maturing at different times; bracts variable. |
Flowers | perianth segments 3, connate almost to apex into 0.5–0.8 mm tube; lobes deltate, 0.1–0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm, membranous, apex acute, flat or occasionally keeled-corniculate, glabrous, green and covering fruit at maturity; stamen 1; stigmas 2, 0.2 mm. |
perianth segments 5, connate into 0.3–0.4 mm tube; lobes ovate or orbicular-obovate, 1–1.4 mm, apex obtuse or rounded, cucullate, carinate, sparsely farinose, largely covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.1 mm. |
Achenes | ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, smooth. |
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Seeds | vertical and horizontal, ovoid, 0.6–0.9 mm diam., margins rounded; seed coat black, smooth. |
ovoid, 1.2–1.6 mm diam., margins obtuse with narrow rim; seed coat black, smooth, shiny. |
Utricles | ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, reticulate-punctate. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Chenopodium chenopodioides |
Chenopodium subglabrum |
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Phenology | Fruiting summer–fall. | Fruiting mid summer–fall. |
Habitat | Borders of lakes and ponds, lake bottoms, in fields | Sandy areas, particularly sand bars in rivers and in sandy blowouts near river banks |
Elevation | 100-2400 m (300-7900 ft) | 400-1400 m (1300-4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; South America
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CO; IA; MT; ND; NE; NV; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; MB; SK
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Discussion | The name Chenopodium botryodes Smith was sometimes applied to C. chenopodioides because of uncertainty about the proper application and typification of the name Blitum chenopodioides Linnaeus. The recent publication by P. Uotila (2001) provides a reasonable solution by maintaining the traditional usage through neotypification of the Linnaean name. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 282. | FNA vol. 4, p. 289. |
Parent taxa | Chenopodiaceae > Chenopodium > subg. Blitum > sect. Pseudoblitum | Chenopodiaceae > Chenopodium > subg. Chenopodium > sect. Chenopodium > subsect. Leptophylla |
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Synonyms | Blitum chenopodioides, C. botryodes, C. chenopodioides var. degenianum, C. crassifolium | C. leptophyllum var. subglabrum |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Aellen: in C. Osten et al., Ostenia, 98. (1933) | (S. Watson) A. Nelson: Bot. Gaz. 34: 362. (1902) |
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