Isotype of Chenopodium nevadenseStandl. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by PCS, Chenopodium fremontiiS. Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Chenopodium fremontii
Chenopodium nevadense
Flora
Entry for Chenopodium nevadense Standley [family CHENOPODIACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Chenopodium nevadenseStandley [family CHENOPODIACEAE], in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl., 21: 16. 1916
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Sergei L. Mosyakin
Information
Stems erect to ascending, much-branched, 1.2–3.5 dm, glabrous to sparsely farinose. Leaves non-aromatic; petiole 0.2–1 cm; blade rhombic-ovate to elliptic or oblong, 3-veined, 0.5–2 × 0.3–1 cm, base cuneate, margins entire or occasionally with few teeth or lobes, apex rounded or obtuse, sparsely farinose. Inflorescences glomerules in terminal panicles, 5–29 × 8–27 cm; glomerules small, maturing mixed; bracts linear. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes ovate to oblong, slightly keeled, 0.6–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm, apex acute to obtuse, glabrous, irregularly covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.2 mm. Achenes ovoid; pericarp adherent, warty, smooth. Seeds 0.7–0.8 × 0.4–0.5 mm, margins rounded; seed coat black, smooth.
