Chenopodium rubrum var. humile

(Hooker) S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al.

in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 2: 48. 1880.

Endemic
Basionym: Chenopodium humile Hooker Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 127. 1838
Synonyms: Chenopodium rubrum subsp. humile (Hooker) Aellen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 283. Mentioned on page 282.

Stems decumbent or spreading, 0.1–1.8 dm. Leaf-blades: margins entire or shallowly dentate. Vertical seeds 0.8–1 (–1.2) mm diam.


Phenology: Fruiting fall.
Habitat: Alkali flats, brackish beaches, bare bottomlands, lake shores, dried-up pools, somewhat akaline clay flats
Elevation: 10-1500 m

Distribution

V4 521-distribution-map.gif

Alta., B.C., N.B., N.S., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, Maine, Mass., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Chenopodium rubrum var. humile has been treated as a species, variety, or form, or not recognized at all. It is native in western North America and introduced east of the plains. Sometimes it has been misidentified as C. chenopodioides. Patterns of distribution of these taxa in North America are in need of further study.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"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.

dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
broadly acute +  and rounded occasionally deeply retuse rounded or occasionally keeled +
Steven E. Clemants +  and Sergei L. Mosyakin +
(Hooker) S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al. +
slippery +
aromatic +
cuneate +
Chenopodium humile +
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 +
Alta. +, B.C. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Maine +, Mass. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
10-1500 m +
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 +
Alkali flats, brackish beaches, bare bottomlands, lake shores, dried-up pools, somewhat akaline clay flats +
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 +
dentate +  and entire +
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 />) +
Fruiting fall. +
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California +
pointing +  and ascending +
bulbous +  and taprooted +
fusiform +
fleshy +  and fibrous +
reddish-brown +
verrucate +  and striate +
reddish-brown +, brown +  and black +
0.8mm +  and 1mm +
cylindric +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +
2 +  and 3 +
much-branched +
opposite +  and alternate +
spreading +  and decumbent +
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 subsp. humile +
Chenopodium rubrum var. humile +
Chenopodium rubrum +
variety +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and monoecious +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +