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|accepted_name=Chenopodium capitatum
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Ambrosi
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Tirolo Mer.
|place=2: 180. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|common_names=Strawberry-blig ht;Indian-paint;Indian ink
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Blitum capitatum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 4. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Chenopodium;Chenopodium subg. Blitum;Chenopodium sect. Blitum;Chenopodium capitatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Chenopodium subg. Blitum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chenopodium sect. Blitum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chenopodium capitatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 276, 279
|treatment_page=page 280
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect to ascending or decumbent, branched from base, 1.5–10 dm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> non-aromatic; petiole 1.5–10 cm; blade lanceolate, ovate, triangular, or triangular-hastate, 2.5–10 × 1–9 cm, base cuneate, truncate, or hastate, margins sharply dentate or entire, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b> glomerules sessile on unbranched terminal spikes; spikes 5–20 cm; glomerules globose, 3–10 mm diam.; bracts leaflike, present only at base of inflorescence; flowers maturing from apex to base. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth segments 3, connate only at base, lobes lanceolate to ovate, 0.6–0.9 × 0.4–0.5 mm, apex acute, not keeled, glabrous, covering fruit at maturity, often becoming fleshy and red in fruit; stamens 3; stigmas 2, 0.1–0.4 mm. <b>Achenes</b> ovoid, fleshy or not; pericarp adherent, bright red to dark reddish brown or greenish red, smooth. <b>Seeds</b> 0.7–1.2 mm in diam., margins rounded; seed coat black, reticulate-punctate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nev.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;introduced in Eurasia.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Glomerules fleshy, red, 6-10 mm diam. in fruit; leaf blades truncate to cordate at base, margins usually strongly toothed
|[[Chenopodium capitatum var. capitatum|Chenopodium capitatum var. capitatum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Glomerules membranaceous, often red, 3-5 mm diam. in fruit; leaf blades cuneate to truncate at base, margins somewhat toothed or entire
|[[Chenopodium capitatum var. parvicapitatu|Chenopodium capitatum var. parvicapitatu]]
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chenopodium capitatum
|authority=(Linnaeus) Ambrosi
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Blitum capitatum
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nev.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;introduced in Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Tirolo Mer.
|publication year=1857
|special status=Weedy;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_511.xml
|genus=Chenopodium
|subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Blitum
|section=Chenopodium sect. Blitum
|species=Chenopodium capitatum
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