| Chenopodiaceae |
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Chenopodium album L. subsp. album L. var. album L. |
 Chenopodium album L. subsp. album L. var. album L. |
Chenopodium L. |
| C. album L., Sp. PL 219 (1753).r, Annual, 20-150 cm. Leaves 2-8 x 1-5 cm, rhombic, deltoid or ovate-lanceolate, entire or denticulate, the lower often 3-lobed, mealy beneath. Flowers in glomeruli arranged in terminal or axillary spikes, racemes or cymes. Perianth segments with a rounded keel (± sharp when dried) on the back. Pericarp free. Seed obtuse on the margins, nearly smooth with shallow, radial furrows. 1. Leaves broadly rhomboid-deltoid, broadly cuneate at the base, rounded at apex, with mostly rounded teeth subsp. iranicum 1. Leaves rhomboid-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, narrowly cuneate at the base, acute at apex, mostly sharply dentate subsp. album 2. Plants mostly stout, green; leaves ovate-lanceolate, mostly irregularly dentate, the lower teeth longest, irregular towards the apex var. album 2. Plant usually slender, often with a red-striped stem; leaves ovate-rhomboid, often red-margined, regularly dentate, gradually attenuate towards the apex var. microphyllum subsp. album. var. album. Ic: Hegi, 111. Fl. Mittel-Eur. ed. 2, 3(2): t. 96 (1960). Fl. 5-8. Waste places, cultivated land, s.1.-2000 m. Described from Europe (Hb. Linn. 318/8!). A2(E) Istanbul: Therapia (Tarabya), 29 ix 1890, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: Kala-miche, 22 viii l897, Azn.! Kocaeli: Pendik, 1906, Azn.! A3 Bolu: Karacasu, 700 m, Alpay 271. B5 Nevşehir: Nevşehir to Acigöl, 1400 m, D. 32785! B7 Erzincan: Selepur to Erzincan, 1250 m, Hub.-Mor. 16255. B9 Bitlis: d. Kotum, Kamer, 1900 m, D. 24578! C3 Antalya: Kemer district, 1100 m, D. 15210! C4 Konya: nr. Selçuk, D. 14782! C9 Hakkari: Cilo Da., above Sua, 2600 m, D. 24297! Eurasia, N. Africa, not certainly indigenous in N. America. |