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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Chenopodium L.

CHENOPODIUM L., 1753

Fls perfect or ♀ in small axillary clusters, or the clusters in simple or compound spikes. Per. segs 2-5 ± united; stamens (0)-2-5. Styles 2-3, ± free. Fr. a membr. utricle ± invested by persistent per. Seed with crustaceous variously marked testa; embryo annular, endosperm cop. Annual to perennial herbs or shrubs with over 100 spp., mainly of temperate regions.

Key

1
Fl. clusters simple, axillary
2
Fl. clusters in simple to compound spikes
3
2
Lvs of oblong to orbicular order; seed vertical; odour mild
1. pusillum
Lvs of rhomboid order; seed horizontal; odour evil
2. detestans
3
Lvs mealy pubescent on both surfaces, entire or nearly so, not fleshy
3. allanii
Lvs glab. above, glaucous-pubescent below, distinctly toothed or lobed, fleshy
4. ambiguum
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