Dark Goosefoot - Chenopodium atrovirens
Other Names:
Chenopodium fremontii var. atrovirens
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
SNR
C-value:
3
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Stems erect to ascending, branched, farinose, 10–65 cm. Leaf blades farinose beneath, 3-veined, oblong to ovate, 1–3 cm long; margins entire. Inflorescence glomerules in terminal and axillary spikes. Flowers: calyx segments 5, distinct to the base, ca. 0.8 mm long; stamens 5. Seed flattened-globose, wrinkled, ca. 0.9–1.3 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).