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|accepted_name=Chenopodium desiccatum
|accepted_authority=A. Nelson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=34: 362. 1902
|year=1902
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chenopodium leptophyllum var. oblongifolium
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Chenopodium;Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium;Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium;Chenopodium subsect. Leptophylla;Chenopodium desiccatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Chenopodium subsect. Leptophylla]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chenopodium desiccatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 277
|treatment_page=page 288
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect to more often spreading, usually branched from base, 1–1.4(–6) dm, densely farinose. <b>Leaves</b> nonaromatic; petiole 0.3–0.4 cm; blade linear, narrowly lanceolate, oblong elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate, 3- (occasionally 1-)veined, 1.5–2.5 × 0.4–0.6 cm, 3–many times as long as wide, thick and somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, unlobed, apex acuminate, densely white-farinose abaxially, more sparsely farinose adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> glomerules in terminal and axillary panicles; glomerules ± densely packed, flowers maturing irregularly; bracts leaflike or absent. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes obovate, 0.8–1 mm, apex obtuse, carinate, densely farinose, enclosing fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.1 mm. <b>Utricles</b> ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, smooth. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, 8–1.1 mm diam., margins rounded; seed coat black, warty. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Originally found in open undisturbed soils, prairies, and sandy stabilized dunes, but it has spread to disturbed open areas within its native range and beyond
|elevation=500-2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chenopodium desiccatum
|authority=A. Nelson
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=Chenopodium leptophyllum var. oblongifolium
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Originally found in open undisturbed soils, prairies, and sandy stabilized dunes, but it has spread to disturbed open areas within its native range and beyond
|elevation=500-2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;Sask.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mo.;Nebr.;Nev.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1902
|special status=Weedy;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_540.xml
|genus=Chenopodium
|subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium
|section=Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium
|subsection=Chenopodium subsect. Leptophylla
|species=Chenopodium desiccatum
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