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Hooker bugseed, Hooker's bugseed

Inflorescences

dense throughout, rarely interrupted, ovate, ovate-clavate.

Fruits

oblong-obovate or obovate.

Corispermum hookeri var. hookeri

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Sandy and gravely shores of rivers and streams, sand dunes, waste places
Elevation 0-100 m (0-300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AB; MB; NT; ON; SK
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Discussion

Specimens closely approaching var. hookeri, but with smaller fruits, i.e., transitional toward Corispermum villosum, are known from Montana and North Dakota. Specimens from Ontario were probably introduced from the prairie region.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 4, p. 318.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Corispermum > Corispermum hookeri
Sibling taxa
C. hookeri var. pseudodeclinatum
Name authority unknown
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