Chenopodium karoi (Murr) Aellen

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Chenopodium

Characteristics

Herbs annual, 20-40 cm tall. Stem prostrate or obliquely spreading, much branched, green striate, terete or obtusely ribbed. Petiole 1-3 cm, slender; leaf blade abaxially pallid, adaxially gray-green, ovate to broadly so, 1.5-3 × 1-2.5 cm, abaxially densely farinose, prominently 3-veined, adaxially not or only slightly farinose, base broadly cuneate, margin usually 3-lobed, apex obtuse or acute and mucronate; central lobe margin entire, rarely slightly crenate; lateral lobes positioned near middle of leaf blade, margin obtuse and entire. Flowers several per glomerule, these arranged on branchlets into axillary panicles shorter than leaves. Perianth segments (4 or)5, usually closed in fruit, ovate, abaxially slightly keeled, margin yellowish, membranous, apex obtuse. Stamens as many as perianth segments; anthers exserted at anthesis. Stigmas 2(or 3), filiform. Pericarp yellow-brown, membranous, adnate to seed. Seed horizontal, black, sublustrous, lenticular, 1-1.2 mm in diam., finely pitted. Fl. and fr. Aug-Sep.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Chenopodium karoi world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Tajikistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165006-1
WFO ID wfo-0000601435
COL ID 8V8QQ
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Synonyms

Chenopodium karoi Chenopodium prostratum Chenopodium album subsp. karoi Chenopodium prostratum subsp. karoi