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Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult.

Winged pigweed (en), Cycloloma (fr), Cycloloma à feuilles d'arroche (fr), Salsola à feuilles d'arroche (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Cycloloma

Characteristics

sinuate-toothed, the lower to 8 cm, the upper progressively reduced; all terminal branchlets floriferous, forming spikes 2–6 cm; fls sessile; mature cal 3–4 mm wide; seeds 1.5 mm; 2n=36. Dry or sandy ground, often as a weed; Man. to Ind., Ark., and Tex., w. to Utah and N.M., and occasionally adventive eastward.
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Erect herb c. 60 cm high. Branches sparsely woolly. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, ovate to oblong, 2–8 cm long, prominently sinuate-dentate. Inflorescence paniculate. Fruiting perianth depressed, crustaceous; wing annular, pale hyaline, irregularly toothed, c. 5 mm diam.
A herb. It grows each year from seeds. It grows 15-50 cm tall. The flowers occur singly and without stalks.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.68 - 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
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Sandy soils in deserts. Along the sides of streams and on banks.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The seeds are ground and eaten in cakes.
Uses dye food medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Analgesic (unspecified), Antirheumatic (Internal) (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Cycloloma atriplicifolium flower picture by Samuel Delabre (cc-by-sa)
Cycloloma atriplicifolium flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cycloloma atriplicifolium world distribution map, present in Australia, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:73659-2
WFO ID wfo-0000632107
COL ID 8R3GX
BDTFX ID 20454
INPN ID 93718
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Kochia platyphylla Salsola atriplicifolia Chenopodium atriplicifolium Cycloloma atriplicifolium Cycloloma platyphyllum Cycloloma platyphylla Chenopodium radiatum Cyclolepis platyphylla Salsola platyphylla Amorea platyphylla Kochia atriplicifolia
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