Dysphania truncata (Paul G.wilson) Mosyakin & Clemants

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Dysphania

Characteristics

Prostrate to ascending annual branching from base, aromatic. Stems pilosulose with slender and sessile to shortly stipitate gland-tipped hairs. Leaves elliptic, obtuse, entire to slightly undulate, glandular-puberulous all over and pilosulose below along veins; lamina c. 10 mm long; petiole slender c. 5 mm long. Flowers in compact axillary clusters. Tepals 5, erect, united to near apex. Stamen 0 or 1. Fruiting perianth cartilaginous, white or black, very broadly obtriangular in side view, flat above or the lobes ascending, c. 2 mm wide; tepals firmly united to apex, toothed or lacerate on margin, not rostrate. Pericarp transparent, adherent. Seed erect, lenticular, c. 0.7 mm diam.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Usually indeep red sand.
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Images

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Distribution

Dysphania truncata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77099576-1
WFO ID wfo-0000509131
COL ID 6DSBC
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Synonyms

Dysphania truncata Chenopodium truncatum