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Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

Nuttall's povertyweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Monolepis

Characteristics

Stems prostrate to ascending, 0.5-2(-5) dm, herbage sparsely farinose when young, becoming glabrate. Leaves: petiole 0.1-3(-6) cm, longest on proximal leaves, distal leaves sometimes sessile; blade of principal leaves hastately lobed near base, narrowly triangular, lanceolate, narrowly elliptic, or linear, 1-3(-4) cm × 2-15(-25) mm at lobes, base narrowly attenuate or cuneate, margins sometimes with few teeth distally, apex obtuse to rounded; distal leaves sometimes completely unlobed. Flowers: perianth segment 1, spatulate or obtuse, 1 mm; stamen 1. Utricles 1.1-1.5 mm; pericarp readily separating from seeds, whitish, membranous, cellular-reticulate. Seeds dark brown to black, laterally flattened, broadly ovoid. 2n = 18.
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Winter annual; stems slightly succulent, much branched, spreading or ascending, 1–5 dm; lvs lanceolate to ovate, to 5 cm (petiole included), entire or variously toothed, commonly with a single large salient tooth on each side near the middle, cuneate to the base; fls numerous, much shorter than the lvs; sep green, spatulate or obovate, 1–2 mm. Dry, often alkaline soil; Man. to w. Mo., Tex., and n. Mex., w. to the Pacific, and occasionally adventive eastward.
A fleshy herb. It grows each year from seed. There are two or more erect stems. It grows 40 cm tall. The leaves are sword shaped and 4.5 cm long. The flowers in rounded clusters. Possibly now Blitum nuttallianum.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Waste places, lawn edges, gardens etc in dry, saline and alkaline soils.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 4-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses fodder medicinal
Edible leaves roots seeds
Therapeutic use Dermatological Aid (leaf), Ceremonial Medicine (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Hunting Medicine (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 -

Distribution

Monolepis nuttalliana world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163794-2
WFO ID wfo-0001294616
COL ID 73P6D
BDTFX ID 82658
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Monolepis chenopodioides Monolepis patagonica Monolepis nuttalliana
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