Chenopodium capitatum var. parvicapitatum

S. L. Welsh

Great Basin Naturalist 44: 199. 1984.

Endemic
Synonyms: Blitum hastatum Rydberg Chenopodium overi Aellen
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 280. Mentioned on page 281.

Leaf-blades tapering or truncate-hastate at base, margins somewhat toothed or entire. Glomerules occasionally red, 3–5 mm diam., membranaceous in fruit.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Aspen groves, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, Douglas fir-aspen, big sagebrush, meadows, and riparian habitats
Elevation: 1400-3000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wyo.

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 +
S. L. Welsh +
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 +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
1400-3000 m +
hippocrepiform +  and annular +
symmetric +, or +  and uniseriate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
membranaceous +
Aspen groves, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper, Douglas fir-aspen, big sagebrush, meadows, and riparian habitats +
small white +
inflated +
truncate-hastate;tapering +
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 +
entire +  and toothed +
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. +
Great Basin Naturalist +
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 +
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 +
Blitum hastatum +  and Chenopodium overi +
Chenopodium capitatum var. parvicapitatum +
Chenopodium capitatum +
variety +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
polygamous +, dioecious +  and monoecious +
not imbricate +
keeled +  and rounded +