Chenopodium foliosum

(Moench) Ascherson

Fl. Brandenburg 1: 572. 1864.

Introduced
Basionym: Morocarpus foliosus Moe nch Methodus, 342. 1794
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 281. Mentioned on page 276.

Stems erect to ascending, branched, 1.4–6 (–8) dm, glabrous. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole 0.5–6.5 cm; blade narrowly triangular, oblong-triangular, to almost deltate, 1.7–7.5 (–9) × 0.8–3.5 cm, base subtruncate to broadly cuneate, often subhastate, margins coarsely laciniate-dentate or sinuate-dentate, apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescences glomerules in axils of leaflike bracts; glomerules globose, 3–8 mm diam.; bracts leaflike throughout inflorescence; flowers maturing from base to apex. Flowers: perianth segments 3 (–4), connate only at base or connate into irregular lobes; lobes obovate, 0.5–0.7 × 0.3–0.7 mm, apex rounded, not keeled, glabrous, becoming red, enlarged, and fleshy in fruit; stamens usually 1; stigmas 2, 0.5 mm. Achenes ovoid; pericarp adherent, dark reddish-brown, fleshy, smooth. Seeds round, 1–1.2 mm diam., margins rounded with an incised groove; seed-coat dark redbrown, minutely reticulate-punctate.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Gravel bars, waste ground, cultivated grounds
Elevation: 200-1800 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Alta., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mass., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wis., Eurasia, n Africa

Discussion

Chenopodium foliosum is probably native to the mountains of south and central Europe and western Asia. Several closely related segregate species are currently recognized within the C. foliosum group (P. Uotila 1979, 1993, 1997).

Chenopodium foliosum listed and illustrated in J. C. Hickman (1993) is in fact C. capitatum var. parvicapitatum.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Chenopodium foliosum"
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
not keeled +, rounded +, acute +  and acuminate +
enlarged +
Steven E. Clemants +  and Sergei L. Mosyakin +
(Moench) Ascherson +
slippery +
aromatic +
laciniate-dentate +
7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
subhastate +, subtruncate +  and broadly cuneate +
0.8cm;3.5cm +
Morocarpus foliosus +
oblong-triangular +  and triangular +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
Alta. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mass. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Eurasia +  and n Africa +
200-1800 m +
hippocrepiform +  and annular +
symmetric +, or +  and uniseriate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Gravel bars, waste ground, cultivated grounds +
small white +
inflated +
triangular;ovate;triangular;ovate;lanceolate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
nonaromatic +
not fleshy +
connate +
obovate +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
not winged +  and winged +
7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
rounded +, subhastate +, subtruncate +  and broadly cuneate +
0.8cm;3.5cm +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
persistent +  and deciduous +
dark reddish-brown +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
Fruiting summer–fall. +
Fl. Brandenburg +
pointing +  and ascending +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
dark redbrown +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
1mm +  and 1.2mm +
Introduced +
cylindric +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +
opposite +  and alternate +
erect +  and ascending +
not fleshy +
filiform +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
verrucate +
Chenopodium foliosum +
Chenopodium sect. Blitum +
species +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and monoecious +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +