Difference between revisions of "Chenopodium bonus-henricus"
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|distribution=Alta.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;native to mountains of Europe. | |distribution=Alta.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;native to mountains of Europe. | ||
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|discussion=<p><i>Chenopodium bonus-henricus</i> is widely grown throughout the temperate regions, occasionally escaping.</p> | |discussion=<p><i>Chenopodium bonus-henricus</i> is widely grown throughout the temperate regions, occasionally escaping.</p> | ||
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|genus=Chenopodium | |genus=Chenopodium | ||
|subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Blitum | |subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Blitum | ||
Latest revision as of 21:58, 5 November 2020
Stems erect to ascending, unbranched, 2.5–7.5 dm, somewhat viscid and farinose. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole 1–12 cm; blade triangular to broadly hastate, 4.5–10 × 3–9 cm, base truncate, cordate, or hastate, margins entire, apex acute (acuminate), adaxially sparsely farinose. Inflorescences: dense glomerules sessile on terminal and axillary spikes, spikes 5–19 cm; glomerules 3–5 mm diam., flowers developing at about same time; bracts absent. Flowers: perianth segments connate into 0.4–0.6 mm tube, lobes oblong or elliptic, 0.8–1.5 × 0.5–1.1 mm, apex obtuse, rounded or truncate, scarcely abaxially keeled throughout, glabrous, not covering fruit at maturity; stamens (4–)5; stigmas 2–4. Achenes obovoid; pericarp adherent, ± smooth. Seeds obovoid or rotund, 1.5–2 mm in diam. margins not rounded; seed coat black, rugose.
Phenology: Fruiting early summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste areas and cultivated ground
Elevation: 0-200 m
Distribution
Introduced; Alta., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Ill., Ky., Maine, Mass., Mich., N.J., N.Y., Pa., R.I., native to mountains of Europe.
Discussion
Chenopodium bonus-henricus is widely grown throughout the temperate regions, occasionally escaping.
Selected References
None.