Flora of North America species comparison

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Chenopodium desiccatum

aridland goosefoot, desert goosefoot, dry goosefoot
Stems

erect to more often spreading, usually branched from base, 1–1.4(–6) dm, densely farinose.
Leaves

nonaromatic;

petiole 0.3–0.4 cm;

blade linear, narrowly lanceolate, oblong elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, 3- (occasionally 1-)veined, 1.5–2.5 × 0.4–0.6 cm, 3–many times as long as wide, thick and somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, unlobed, apex acuminate, densely white-farinose abaxially, more sparsely farinose adaxially.
Inflorescences

glomerules in terminal and axillary panicles;

glomerules ± densely packed, flowers maturing irregularly;

bracts leaflike or absent.
Flowers

perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base;

lobes obovate, 0.8–1 mm, apex obtuse, carinate, densely farinose, enclosing fruit at maturity;

stamens 5;

stigmas 2, 0.1 mm.
Seeds

ovoid, 8–1.1 mm diam., margins rounded;

seed coat black, warty.
Utricles

ovoid;

pericarp nonadherent, smooth.
2n

= 18.

Chenopodium desiccatum
Phenology Fruiting mid summer–fall.
Habitat Originally found in open undisturbed soils, prairies, and sandy stabilized dunes, but it has spread to disturbed open areas within its native range and beyond
Elevation 500-2000 m (1600-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; ID; KS; MO; NE; NV; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; SK
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 288.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Chenopodium > subg. Chenopodium > sect. Chenopodium > subsect. Leptophylla
Sibling taxa
C. albescens, C. album, C. atrovirens, C. berlandieri, C. bonus-henricus, C. californicum, C. capitatum, C. chenopodioides, C. cycloides, C. ficifolium, C. foggii, C. foliosum, C. fremontii, C. glaucum, C. hians, C. incanum, C. leptophyllum, C. macrospermum, C. murale, C. neomexicanum, C. nevadense, C. opulifolium, C. pallescens, C. polyspermum, C. pratericola, C. rubrum, C. simplex, C. standleyanum, C. strictum, C. subglabrum, C. urbicum, C. vulvaria, C. watsonii
Synonyms C. leptophyllum var. oblongifolium
Name authority A. Nelson: Bot. Gaz. 34: 362. (1902)
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