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Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene 1891

Description

Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene 1891 (M. trifida (Trevir.) Schrad. 1830).

F suolasavikka. N spydmelde. - Almost glabrous annual, up to 20 cm. Stem erect, richly branched. Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lower leaves with petiole 1.5-3 cm and blade

2-3.5 cm; upper leaves gradually smaller; blade lanceolate to oblong, with cuneate base and a pair of conspicuous teeth below the middle but otherwise entire. Flowers ebracteolate, bisexual or female, in small axillary clusters. Tepals 1 (3 in terminal flowers), green, 1-2 mm. Stamens 1 (2 in terminal flowers). Stigmas 2. Fruit a nut. Seed vertical, orbicular in outline, c. 1 mm; edge keeled; seed-coat papillose, black. - [2n=l 8]

D OJy Vejle 1928 (grain mill). N Ak Oslo 1892-1946 (weed in and around the botanic garden). S Sk Helsingborg 1902 (waste ground), Lackalaenga 1924, 1931 (filling soil), Upl Uppsala 1935 (waste ground). F U Helsinki 1969 (experimental garden). - North America.

Notes

Published as part of Jonsell, B., Karlsson, 2005, Chenopodiaceae - Fumariaceae (Chenopodium), pp. 4-31 in Flora Nordica 2 on page 31

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Biodiversity

Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Monolepis
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Caryophyllales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
(Schult.) Greene
Species
nuttalliana
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Monolepis nuttalliana Greene, 1891 sec. Jonsell, 2005