Flora of North America species comparison

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Chenopodium subg. Blitum
Habit Plants annual or perennial.
Leaf

blades glabrous or farinose.
Inflorescences

dense glomerules sessile on terminal or axillary spikes.
Flowers

perianth segments 3–5, stamens 1–5.
Seeds

vertical or vertical and horizontal in same inflorescence.

Chenopodium subg. Blitum
Distribution
Northern Hemisphere
Discussion

Species 8 (8 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 278.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Chenopodium
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms subg. Blitum
Name authority (Linnaeus) Hiitonen: Suom. Kasvio, 307. (1933)
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