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keel wormseed

crested glandular-goosefoot, crested goosefoot

Stems

erect to ascending, branched, 3–5.5 dm, pilose with glandular trichomes or sessile glands.

prostrate, branched, 3–5 dm, pilose and glandular-pilose, or with sessile glands.

Leaves

aromatic;

petiole 0.5–1.4 cm;

blade ovate to broadly ovate, 0.9–1.6 × 0.8–1.4 cm, somewhat reduced in inflorescence, base cuneate to truncate, apex acute, glandular-puberulose and pilosulose on veins.

aromatic;

petiole 0.7–1 cm;

blade ovate or elliptic, 1.3–2.1 × 1.1–1.5 cm, reduced somewhat in inflorescence, base cuneate, apex obtuse, glandular-pubescent.

Inflorescences

axillary glomerules;

glomerules subglobose, 1.5–2.5 mm diam.;

bracts leaflike, ovate, 3–5 mm, margins crenate-dentate, apex acute.

axillary glomerules;

glomerules subglobose, 4–6 mm diam.;

bracts similar to cauline leaves, elliptic, reduced to 0.8 mm, margins crenate-dentate, apex obtuse.

Flowers

perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base, distinct portions narrow-oblong, prominently keeled especially apically, 0.8–0.9 × 0.3–0.4 mm, apex acute, not crested, covered with septate hairs, becoming coriaceous and white in fruit;

stamens absent or 1;

stigmas 2.

perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base, distinct portions elliptic to oblong, strongly keeled, 1.8–1.9 × 0.3–0.5 mm, apex acuminate, fimbriate and hirsute, pubescent with septate hairs, hardly enclosing fruit, becoming white, strongly crested and 5-winged vertically, rostrate, semiorbiculate, and cartilaginous in fruit;

stamen 1;

stigmas 2.

Achenes

ovoid;

pericarp adherent, membranaceous, slightly rugose.

ovoid;

pericarp adherent, membranaceous, slightly rugose and papillate.

Seeds

reddish brown, ovoid, 0.6 × 0.3–0.4 mm, margins keeled over radicle and channeled over cotyledons;

seed coat smooth.

reddish brown, ovoid, 0.6–0.7 × 0.5–0.6 mm, margins slightly keeled over radicle and grooved over cotyledons;

seed coat smooth.

Dysphania carinata

Dysphania cristata

Phenology Fruiting fall. Fruiting summer.
Habitat Waste areas on roadsides, sandy soils Wool waste areas
Elevation 10-100 m (0-300 ft) 10 m (0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AR; TX; native to Australia [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
SC; Australia [Introduced in North America]
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 274. FNA vol. 4, p. 275.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae > Dysphania > sect. Orthospora Chenopodiaceae > Dysphania > sect. Orthospora
Sibling taxa
D. ambrosioides, D. anthelmintica, D. aristata, D. botrys, D. chilensis, D. cristata, D. graveolens, D. multifida, D. pumilio
D. ambrosioides, D. anthelmintica, D. aristata, D. botrys, D. carinata, D. chilensis, D. graveolens, D. multifida, D. pumilio
Synonyms Chenopodium carinatum Blitum cristatum
Name authority (R. Brown) Mosyakin & Clemants: Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn., n. s. 59: 382. (2002) (F. Mueller) Mosyakin & Clemants: Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn., n. s. 59: 382. (2002)
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