Chenopodium rubrum

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 218. 1753.

Common names: Red pigweed red goosefoot coast-blite
WeedyIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 282. Mentioned on page 276, 279.

Stems erect to ascending or prostrate, much-branched, 0.1–6 (–8) dm, glabrous. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole 0.05–0.45 cm; blade triangular to rhombic, 1–9 × 1–6 cm, base cuneate, margins dentate or entire, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescences lateral glomerules sessile on lateral branched spikes; glomerules subglobose, 2–5 mm diam.; bracts linear, 0.4–2 cm. Flowers: perianth segments 3 or 4, usually connate only at base; lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.8 mm, membranaceous, apex broadly acute to rounded, occasionally deeply retuse, rounded or occasionally keeled, glabrous, green and covering fruit at maturity; stamens 2–3; stigmas 2, 0.1 mm. Utricles ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, reticulate-punctate. Seeds vertical and occasionally horizontal, ovoid, 0.6–1 (–1.2) mm diam., margins rounded; seed-coat reddish-brown, smooth. 2n = 18.

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.S., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Iowa, Kans., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., N.Dak., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., Nebr., Nev., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wis., Wyo., Europe

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Vertical seeds 0.6-0.8(-1) mm diam.; stems erect or ascending, 1.5-6(-8) dm; leaf blade margins deeply dentate Chenopodium rubrum var. rubrum
1 Vertical seeds 0.8-1(-1.2) mm diam.; stems prostrate or spreading, 0.1-1.8 dm; leaf blade margins entire or shallowly dentate Chenopodium rubrum var. humile

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

... more about "Chenopodium rubrum"
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
broadly acute +  and rounded occasionally deeply retuse rounded or occasionally keeled +
Steven E. Clemants +  and Sergei L. Mosyakin +
Linnaeus +
slippery +
aromatic +
cuneate +
Undefined subg. Blitum +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
triangular +  and rhombic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
reddish-brown +, black +, brown +  and green +
Red pigweed +, red goosefoot +  and coast-blite +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and Europe +
hippocrepiform +  and annular +
symmetric +, or +  and uniseriate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
subglobose +
small white +
inflated +
rhombic;triangular;rhombic;triangular;triangular +
sessile +  and petiolate +
nonaromatic +
not fleshy +
lanceolate +  and elliptic +
membranaceous +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
not winged +  and winged +
entire +  and dentate +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
campylotropous +
1 +  and single +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reticulate-punctate +
nonadherent +
chartaceous +  and membranaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
pointing +  and ascending +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
reddish-brown +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
0.6mm +  and 1mm +
horizontal +  and vertical +
Weedy +  and Illustrated +
cylindric +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +
2 +  and 3 +
much-branched +
opposite +  and alternate +
erect +  and ascending or prostrate +
not fleshy +
filiform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
reduced;small +
horizontal +  and vertical +
verrucate +
Chenopodium rubrum +
Chenopodium sect. Pseudoblitum +
species +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and monoecious +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +