Flora of North America species comparison

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Micromonolepis

povertyweed
Habit Herbs, annual, monoecious, delicate, ± farinose.
Stems

erect, dichotomously branched;

branches not jointed, not armed, ultimate branches filiform.
Leaves

alternate, ± petiolate, succulent;

blade oblanceolate to spatulate, base attenuate or sometimes abruptly petiolate, margins entire to hastate, apex obtuse to rounded.
Inflorescences

dichotomously branched with solitary flowers in axils and terminating branches, rarely in 2–4-flowered clusters.
Flowers

unisexual, sessile;

perianth segments (1–)2–3;

staminate flowers with 1–2 stamens;

ovary superior;

pistillate flowers connate proximally, style 1, stigmas 2.
Seeds

vertical, lenticular;

seed coat dark brown, smooth, shiny;

embryo annular;

perisperm copious.
Fruiting

structures somewhat flattened utricles;

pericarps ± adherent to seeds, tuberculate-papillose, membranous.

Micromonolepis
Distribution
w United States
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 4, p. 301. Author: Noel H. Holmgren.
Parent taxa Chenopodiaceae
Subordinate taxa
M. pusilla
Name authority Ulbrich: in H. G. A. Engler et al., Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 16c: 499. (1934)
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