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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Family: Chenopodiaceae | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Chenopodium | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Chenopodium littoreum Benet-Pierce & M.G. Simpson NATIVE Habit: Annual 5--40 cm, prostrate to ascending, mat-forming. Stem: several from base. Leaf: blade 12--20 mm, length 2--3 × width, elliptic (lanceolate), fleshy, entire, +- glabrous adaxially, generally sparsely powdery abaxially, base tapered, tip acute to round, generally with small tooth. Inflorescence: clusters in axillary and terminal spikes 5--15 cm. Flower: sepals elliptic, +- flat, powdery, +- enclosing fruit. Fruit: +- 1 mm diam; wall generally free from seed, papillate. Seed: horizontal, dark brown, finely wrinkled, margin round. Ecology: Generally sandy soils, dunes; Elevation: < 40 m. Bioregional Distribution: s CCo. Flowering Time: Jun--Oct Synonyms: Chenopodium carnosulum Moq. var. patagonicum (Phil.) Wahl, misappl.; eFlora Treatment Author: Steven E. Clemants & Nuri Benet-Pierce Reference: Clemants & Mosyakin 2003 FNANM 4:275--299 Unabridged Reference: Crawford 1975 Brittonia 27:279--288; Wahl 1954 Bartonia 27:1--46 Jepson Online Interchange Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory Previous taxon: Chenopodium leptophyllum Next taxon: Chenopodium macrospermum |
Citation for this treatment: Steven E. Clemants & Nuri Benet-Pierce 2012, Chenopodium littoreum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=91892, accessed on April 24, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 24, 2018. More photos of Chenopodium littoreum in CalPhotos
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