Dysphania multifida (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Chénopode multifide (fr), Dysphanie multifide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Dysphania

Characteristics

Plants perennial (possibly annual in some parts of its range). Stems prostrate or ascending, much-branched, 1.5-7 dm, densely puberulent. Leaves nonaromatic; petiole absent or indistinguishable from blade; blade oblong to elliptic, 0.6-4.5 × 0.1-1(-2) cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins deeply and irregularly pinnatifid with narrow, linear lobes, sometimes only dentate, apex acute to obtuse, glandular-pubescent abaxially. Inflorescences: lateral glomerules 1.8-3.5 mm diam.; bracts similar to cauline leaves. Flowers: perianth segments (4-)5, connate for most of their length, urceolate, tube with distinct reticulate veins, distinct portion 0.1-0.5 mm, margins dentate, apex rounded to broadly acute, accrescent and coriaceous with age, enclosing fruit; stamens 5; stigmas (2-)3(-5). Achenes obovoid; pericarp loosely adherent, membranaceous, with many yellow glandular hairs near apex, otherwise smooth. Seeds vertical, suborbicular to ovoid, 0.8-1.3 × 0.8-1 mm; seed coat smooth.
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Perennial herb, prostrate to erect and 1 m high, aromatic. Branches with cottony hairs. Leaves pinnatisect, to 6 cm long and 3 cm wide; segments linear with recurved margins; undersurface densely covered with pale yellow glandular hairs, sparsely cottony. Flowers in glomerules arranged in spike-like panicles. Bisexual flower: perianth hemispherical, shortly 5-lobed; stamens 5; ovary pubescent above with amber geniculate glandular hairs. Female flower: perianth obovoid minutely lobed. Fruiting perianth c. 2.5 mm long, coriaceous, reticulate. Pericarp membranous, free. Seed erect, lenticular with rounded margin; testa reddish brown, glossy; embryo horseshoe-shaped.
Perennial herb, 0.2-1.0 m high, procumbent to erect, much branched. Leaves pinnatifid, with narrow lobes. Flowers sessile in axillary clusters; sepals connate to near apex, net-veined outside. Flowering time Oct.-Jan. Fruiting calyx enlarged and saccate.
Prostrate to procumbent branched herb with stems up to 0.6 m long. Leaves sessile, deeply pinnately divided with irregular, sometimes dentate lobes. Flowers sessile, fascicled in axils of leaves, numerous. Flowers green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.9
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JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Poison(Veterinary) (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Dysphania multifida leaf picture by Acosta García Isabel (cc-by-sa)
Dysphania multifida leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)
Dysphania multifida leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Dysphania multifida flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Dysphania multifida flower picture by Acosta García Isabel (cc-by-sa)
Dysphania multifida flower picture by Acosta García Isabel (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Dysphania multifida world distribution map, present in Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Lesotho, Morocco, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Turkey, Uruguay, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029930-1
WFO ID wfo-0000658883
COL ID 6DSP3
BDTFX ID 101179
INPN ID 611760
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Roubieva microcarpa Dysphania microcarpa Chenopodium multifidum Chenopodium microcarpum Chenopodium multifidum f. spatulathum Teloxys multifida Roubieva multifida Orthosporum multifidum Chenopodium multifidum var. microcarpa Dysphania multifida