Chenopodium capitatum var. capitatum

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 280. Mentioned on page 279.

Leaf-blades truncate to cordate-hastate at base, margins usually strongly toothed. Glomerules red, 6–10 mm diam., fleshy in fruit.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Moist to dry soil, sandy or grassy meadows, thickets, open woods, old fields of clearings in forest
Elevation: 20-3000 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo., in Eurasia and elsewhere

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"narrower" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
not +  and fleshy +
not keeled +, acute +  and acuminate +
Steven E. Clemants +  and Sergei L. Mosyakin +
(Linnaeus) Ambrosi +
slippery +
aromatic +
hastate +, truncate +  and cuneate +
Blitum capitatum +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
triangular-hastate +, triangular +, ovate +  and lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and in Eurasia and elsewhere +
20-3000 m +
hippocrepiform +  and annular +
symmetric +, or +  and uniseriate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Moist to dry soil, sandy or grassy meadows, thickets, open woods, old fields of clearings in forest +
small white +
inflated +
truncate;cordate-hastate +
sessile +  and petiolate +
nonaromatic +
not fleshy +
connate +
lanceolate +  and ovate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
not winged +  and winged +
entire +  and dentate +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
persistent +  and deciduous +
bright red +  and dark reddish-brown or greenish red +
chartaceous +  and membranaceous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Fruiting summer–fall. +
Fl. Tirolo Mer. +
pointing +  and ascending +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
lenticular +  and subglobose +
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
cylindric +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +
opposite +  and alternate +
erect +  and ascending or decumbent +
not fleshy +
filiform +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
verrucate +
Chenopodium capitatum var. capitatum +
Chenopodium capitatum +
variety +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and monoecious +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +