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Dysphania botrys (Linnaeus) Mosyakin & Clemants [family CHENOPODIACEAE]

Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Flora of North America (FNA)
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Stems erect to ascending, branched at base to ± simple, 1–6(–10) dm, pubescent with short-stalked glandular hairs. Leaves aromatic; petiole to 2.5 mm; blade 1.3–4 × 0.6–2.7 cm, base cuneate, margins lyrate-sinuate, pinnatifid, or occasionally entire (in distal leaves), apex acute to subobtuse, glandular-pubescent abaxially. Inflorescences axillary cymes, often arranged in terminal thyrses, 12–24 cm, subtended by cauline leaves; bracts absent. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base, distinct portion elliptic or ovate to oblong, 0.7–1.1 × 0.5–0.7 mm, apex acute to obtuse, rounded abaxially, densely glandular-pubescent, covering fruit at maturity; stamens 1–3(–5); stigmas 2. Achenes subglobose; pericarp adherent, membranaceous, papillose, becoming rugose, usually white-blotchy. Seeds globose to subglobose, (0.5–) 0.6–0.8 × 0.5–0.7 mm, margins rounded (rarely indistinctly furrowed); seed coat rugose. 2n = 18.