Difference between revisions of "Chenopodium berlandieri"

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Chenop. Monogr. Enum. , 23. 1840.

Common names: Pigweed
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Revision as of 17:29, 18 September 2019

Stems erect to ascending, much-branched to simple, 1–10.5 dm, farinose. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole 0.2–9 cm; blade narrowly to broadly lanceolate, rhombic, ovate, or triangular, 1.2–12(–15) × 0.5–7.5(–9) cm, base cuneate to truncate, margins serrate, irregularly dentate, or entire, often with 2 basal lobes, apex acute to acuminate, farinose. Inflorescences glomerules in compound spikes, 5–17 cm; glomerules irregularly rounded, 4–7 mm diam.; bracts absent. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes ovate to deltate, 0.7–1.5 × 0.7–1.3 mm, apex obtuse, farinose, often prominently keeled, covering fruit at maturity or not; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.3–0.5 mm. Achenes or utricles depressed-ovoid; pericarp adherent or nonadherent near stylar base, alveolate-rugose. Seeds round, 1–2 mm diam., margins rounded; seed coat brown to black, honeycomb pitted. 2n = 36.

Distribution

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North America, introduced widely.

Discussion

Varieties 6 (6 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Seeds 1.2-2 mm diam > 2
1 Seeds 1-1.3 mm diam > 4
2 Style bases with yellow area; seeds 1.2-1.5 mm diam Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackei
2 Style bases without yellow area; seeds 1.3-2 mm diam > 3
3 Inflorescences large and drooping; seeds 1.7-2 mm diam Chenopodium berlandieri var. bushianum
3 Inflorescences small and erect; seeds 1.3- 1.9 mm diam Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalyci
4 Leaves not 3-lobed; inflorescences becoming bractless Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
4 Leaves 3-lobed; inflorescences with or without bracts > 5
5 Inflorescences bractless Chenopodium berlandieri var. berl
5 Inflorescences with leafy bracts > 6
6 Style bases without yellow area Chenopodium berlandieri var. sinuatum
6 Style bases with yellow area Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackei