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Blitum virgatum

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Identification
Blitum virgatum L. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Chenopodium foliosum (Moench) Asch. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by (Moench) Asch.,
Related name
  • Blitum virgatum
  • Chenopodium foliosum

Flora

Entry for CHENOPODIUM Blitum F. Muell. [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 433, (1912) Author: By C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
CHENOPODIUM Blitum F. Muell. [family CHENOPODIACEAE], Sel. Pl. Industr. ed. ii. 49;—Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. v. 5.
Blitum virgatum Linn. [family ], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 276; Lam. Ill. t. 5; Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 83.
Information
a very variable plant; stem erect, angular, branched; leaves deltoid or oblong-triangular, acute, deeply sinuate-toothed, thinly membranous, glabrous, 2 in. long, 1 1/2 in. wide; petiole up to 2 1/2 in. long; flowers in simple glomerules in the axils of the upper reduced leaves; perianth reddish; segments usually 3, ovate, obtuse, not keeled, becoming succulent, not enclosing the fruit; stamen solitary; fruit erect; seed lenticular, thick at the margin, not shining. null
Range
Also in South Europe, the Orient and India.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Graaff Reinet Div.; Sneeuw Berg, 5300 ft., Bolus, 1863!SOUTH AFRICA Without locality, Prior!

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