Dysphania carinata (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Keeled goosefoot (en), Épazote carénée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Dysphania

Characteristics

Stems erect to ascending, branched, 3-5.5 dm, pilose with glandular trichomes or sessile glands. Leaves aromatic; petiole 0.5-1.4 cm; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 0.9-1.6 × 0.8-1.4 cm, somewhat reduced in inflorescence, base cuneate to truncate, apex acute, glandular-puberulose and pilosulose on veins. Inflorescences axillary glomerules; glomerules subglobose, 1.5-2.5 mm diam.; bracts leaflike, ovate, 3-5 mm, margins crenate-dentate, apex acute. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base, distinct portions narrow-oblong, prominently keeled especially apically, 0.8-0.9 × 0.3-0.4 mm, apex acute, not crested, covered with septate hairs, becoming coriaceous and white in fruit; stamens absent or 1; stigmas 2. Achenes ovoid; pericarp adherent, membranaceous, slightly rugose. Seeds reddish brown, ovoid, 0.6 × 0.3-0.4 mm, margins keeled over radicle and channeled over cotyledons; seed coat smooth.
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Annual herb, 0.2-0.8 m high, branched near base. Leaves ovate to elliptic, small, up to 30 x 20 mm, with 2-4 coarse, denticulate teeth on each margin. Flowers greenish, minute, in small, dense, rounded, axillary clusters at most of nodes. Perianth: segments normally 5, with wing-like keel broadening upward. Flowering time Sept.-Apr. Seeds deep, red-brown.
Erect annual herb, up to 0.8 m high. Flowers in dense axillary clusters. Leaves ovate, margins sinuate-dentate, surfaces densely pubescent, distinctly petiolate. Flowers green.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses poison
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Images

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Distribution

Dysphania carinata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, India, Lesotho, Namibia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, eSwatini, United States of America, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029922-1
WFO ID wfo-0000658872
COL ID 6DSNH
BDTFX ID 102942
INPN ID 611756
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Synonyms

Blitum carinatum Blitum glandulosum Ambrina carinata Dysphania carinata Chenopodium carinatum f. foliosum Ambrina carinata var. parvifolia Blitum glandulosum var. parvifolium Chenopodium carinatum var. holopterum Chenopodium cristatum var. holopterum Chenopodium cristatum f. holopterum Chenopodium holopterum