Chenopodium subg. Blitum
Suom. Kasvio, 307. 1933.
Basionym: Undefined subg. Blitum Linnaeus Sp. Pl.,Gen. Pl. ed. 1: 4. 1753,5, 6. 1754
Plants annual or perennial. Leaf-blades glabrous or farinose. Inflorescences dense glomerules sessile on terminal or axillary spikes. Flowers: perianth segments 3–5, stamens 1–5. Seeds vertical or vertical and horizontal in same inflorescence.
Distribution
Northern Hemisphere
Discussion
Species 8 (8 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"narrower" is not a number.
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slippery +
not jointed +
not spinose +
leaflike +
absent +
1;5 +
monomorphic +
connate +
dimorphic +
absent +
Northern Hemisphere +
coiled +
curved +
developing +
large +
storage +
common +
white +
clustered +
bisexual +
mature +
sessile +
dense +
small white +
inflated +
spicate +
alternate +
not fleshy +
connate +
superior +
attached +
campylotropous +
imbricate +
connate +
absent +
inconspicuous +
accrescent +
fleshy +
infolded +
mottled +
surrounding +
farinaceous +
copious +
absent +
absent +
Suom. Kasvio, +
1933 +
centrifugal +
inferior +
fusiform +
thickened +
scurfy +
inflated +
cylindric +
not imbricate +
absent +
absent +
stellate +
silvery +
not fleshy +
filiform +
lacking +
reduced;small +
fleshy +
absent +
prickly +
variable +
indistinct +
shiny +
verrucate +
Chenopodium subg. Blitum +
Chenopodium +
subgenus +
not imbricate +
absent +