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Chenopodium phillipsianum Aellen

Chénopode de Phillips (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Chenopodium

Characteristics

Annual herb, 0.25-1.80 m, upright or spreading, much branched, green-striped, with grey-mealy hairs on young parts. Leaves variable, ovate-elliptic, 10-33 x 8-20 mm, margins entire or with 1 pair of lobes on either side of base. Inflorescences long, tapering, with many, axillary, divaricately branched cymes, containing many clusters. Flowers minute. Perianth segments 5, margins broadly chartaceous, not keeled. Flowering time July-Mar. Seeds black, shining.
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Annual herb, up to 2 m high. Stems erect; branched below. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate to narrowly ovate, up to 25 x 15 mm, apex obtuse to acute, base hastate, margins entire, upper surface pale green lower surface farinose; petioles up to 15 mm long. Flowers: in terminal panicles. green; Oct.-Apr.
Erect annual herb, up to 2 m high. Leaves narrowly ovate, hastate, upper part with teeth, farinose. Flowers in terminal panicles. Flowers green.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Chenopodium phillipsianum world distribution map, present in Botswana, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165130-1
WFO ID wfo-0000601641
COL ID TXJJ
BDTFX ID 103037
INPN ID 610719
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Synonyms

Chenopodium phillipsianum
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