View source for Chenopodium leptophyllum

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Chenopodium leptophyllum
|accepted_authority=(Moquin-Tandon) Nuttall ex S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=9: 94. 1874
|year=1874
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chenopodium album var. leptophyllum
|authority=Moquin-Tandon
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Chenopodium;Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium;Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium;Chenopodium subsect. Leptophylla;Chenopodium leptophyllum
|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 leptophyllum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 276
|treatment_page=page 290
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or occasionally semierect, usually branching from base, 1–4 dm, farinose to densely farinose. <b>Leaves</b> nonaromatic; petiole to 0.5 cm; blade linear, 1-veined, 0.7–2.6(–3) × 0.1–0.3 cm, usually somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse, densely farinose abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> glomerules in terminal and axillary panicle; glomerules widely spaced, maturing irregularly; bracts leaflike in proximal part of inflorescence and linear to 2 × 0.1 mm on terminal branches. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 0.8–1 × 0.5–0.6 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, prominently keeled abaxially, densely farinose, covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.1 mm. <b>Achenes</b> ovoid; pericarp adherent, smooth. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, 0.9–1.1 mm diam., margins round; seed coat black, finely rugulate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–early fall.
|habitat=Open, often disturbed sandy areas and fields
|elevation=400-3400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Maine;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>This species is reported also for Kansas and Montana but we have not seen any specimens.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chenopodium leptophyllum
|author=
|authority=(Moquin-Tandon) Nuttall ex S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Chenopodium album var. leptophyllum
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–early fall.
|habitat=Open, often disturbed sandy areas and fields
|elevation=400-3400 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Maine;Nev.;N.Mex.;Okla.;Oreg.;Tex.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1874
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_546.xml
|genus=Chenopodium
|subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium
|section=Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium
|subsection=Chenopodium subsect. Leptophylla
|species=Chenopodium leptophyllum
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