Chenopodium cycloides

A. Nelson

Bot. Gaz. 34: 363. 1902.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 289. Mentioned on page 276, 285.

Stems erect, branched, 3–8 dm, glabrous to sparsely farinose; branches ascending. Leaves non-aromatic; petiole to 0.8 cm; blade linear, 1-veined, 1–3 × 0.1–0.2 cm, somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, sparsely farinose abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences glomerules in terminal and axillary panicles of interrupted spikes, 10–20 × 4–6 cm; glomerules widely spaced, maturing irregularly; bracts leaflike or reduced. Flowers: perianth segments (4–)5, connate into 0.5 mm tube; lobes broadly ovate, 0.7–0.8 × 0.7–1 mm, 1/2 or less width of connate portion, apex rounded or slightly emarginate, rounded abaxially, farinose, spreading and slightly accrescent and not covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.2 mm. Achenes ovoid; pericarp adherent, red, minutely tuberculate. Seeds round, 1.3–1.5 mm diam., margins acute; seed coat black, rugulate.


Phenology: Fruiting early summer–fall.
Habitat: Open sandy areas especially around blowouts on sand dunes
Elevation: 800-1500 m

Distribution

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Colo., Kans., Nebr., N.Mex., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Chenopodium cycloides"
Steven E. Clemants +  and Sergei L. Mosyakin +
A. Nelson +
Leptophylla +
Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +  and Tex. +
800-1500 m +
Open sandy areas especially around blowouts on sand dunes +
Fruiting early summer–fall. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Chenopodium cycloides +
Chenopodium subsect. Leptophylla +
species +