Dysphania carinata

(R. Brown) Mosyakin & Clemants

Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn., n. s. 59: 382. 2002.

Introduced
Basionym: Chenopodium carinatum R. Brown Prodr., 407. 18 10
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 274. Mentioned on page 268.

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.


Phenology: Fruiting fall.
Habitat: Waste areas on roadsides, sandy soils
Elevation: 10-100 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Ala., Ark., Tex., native to Australia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Dysphania carinata"
Steven E. Clemants +  and Sergei L. Mosyakin +
(R. Brown) Mosyakin & Clemants +
Chenopodium carinatum +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Tex. +  and native to Australia. +
10-100 m +
Waste areas on roadsides, sandy soils +
Fruiting fall. +
Ukrayins’k. Bot. Zhurn., n. s. +
Introduced +
Dysphania carinata +
Dysphania sect. Orthospora +
species +