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crested glandular-goosefoot, crested goosefoot

keel wormseed

Stems

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

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

Leaves

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.

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.

Inflorescences

axillary glomerules;

glomerules subglobose, 4–6 mm diam.;

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

axillary glomerules;

glomerules subglobose, 1.5–2.5 mm diam.;

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

Flowers

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.

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.

Achenes

ovoid;

pericarp adherent, membranaceous, slightly rugose and papillate.

ovoid;

pericarp adherent, membranaceous, slightly rugose.

Seeds

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

seed coat smooth.

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

seed coat smooth.

Dysphania cristata

Dysphania carinata

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