Corispermum hookeri Mosyakin

Hooker bugseed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Corispermum

Characteristics

Plants branched from base, 10-40(-60) cm, sparsely covered with dendroid and almost stellate hairs. Leaf blades narrowly lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, plane, 2-5 × (0.1-)0.2-0.5(-0.6) cm. Inflorescences usually dense, ovoid, ovate-clavate, or ovate-cylindric, rarely interrupted near base. Bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 0.5-1.5(-2) × 0.3-1 cm. Perianth segment 1. Fruits usually deep olive green, brown, or rarely to almost black, usually without spots and/or warts, or occasionally spotted, strongly convex abaxially, prominently concave to almost plane adaxially, usually broadest beyond middle, (3.2-)3.5-4.5(-5) × 2.2-3.3(-3.5) mm; wing (when present) semitranslucent, to 0.2 mm wide, margins entire, apex rounded or indistinctly triangular.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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Distribution

Corispermum hookeri world distribution map, present in Canada

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303297-2
WFO ID wfo-0000621399
COL ID YFFZ
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Synonyms

Corispermum hookeri Corispermum hookeri var. hookeri