Flora of North America species comparison

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Chenopodium subglabrum

smooth goosefoot
Stems

erect or semierect, branched, 1–5.5 dm, glabrous or sparsely farinose.
Leaves

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

glomerules in terminal and axillary panicles, 6–25 × 5–20 cm, widely spaced, maturing at different times;

bracts variable.
Flowers

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.
Seeds

ovoid, 1.2–1.6 mm diam., margins obtuse with narrow rim;

seed coat black, smooth, shiny.
2n

= 18.

Chenopodium subglabrum
Phenology Fruiting mid summer–fall.
Habitat Sandy areas, particularly sand bars in rivers and in sandy blowouts near river banks
Elevation 400-1400 m (1300-4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; IA; MT; ND; NE; NV; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; MB; SK
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 289.
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. desiccatum, 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. urbicum, C. vulvaria, C. watsonii
Synonyms C. leptophyllum var. subglabrum
Name authority (S. Watson) A. Nelson: Bot. Gaz. 34: 362. (1902)
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