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Nettle-leaf Goosefoot - Chenopodium murale
Other Names:
Nettleleaf Goosefoot,
Chenopodiastrum murale
Non-native Species
Global Rank:
GNR
State Rank:
SNA
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
0
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Reported for Montana, thought its occurrence in the state is not certain.
General Description
Stems erect, branched, 1-6(-10) dm, glabrous (to sparsely farinose when young); proximal branches decumbent. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; blade triangular, ovate, or rhombic-ovate, 0.8-4(-8) × 0.4-3(-5) cm, base cuneate to rounded, margins irregularly dentate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous (rarely indistinctly farinose when young). Inflorescences glomerules in terminal and lateral panicles, 6-7 × 4-5 cm; glomerules subglobose, 2-4 mm diam., or some flowers not in glomerules; bracts absent. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes ovate, 0.5-0.8 × 0.6-0.7 mm, apex acute to obtuse, keeled abaxially, farinose, covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.2 mm. Achenes depressed-ovoid, pustulate, becoming smooth with maturity. Seeds lenticular, round, 1-1.5 mm diam.; seed coat black, minutely rugose to ± smooth (Welsh, 2003, Fl. North America, Vol. 4).
Range Comments
Across much of North America; in MT restricted to several counties in the western third of the state (Kartesz 2009).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 2
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Habitat
Waste places, roadsides, clay mounds, open oak woods, prairies, rocky hillsides, along railways (Welsh, 2003, Fl. North America, Vol. 4).
Management
References
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Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Adhikari, S. 2018. Impacts of dryland farming systems on biodiversity, plant-insect interactions, and ecosystem services. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 207 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.- Wood, A.K. 1987. Ecology of a prairie mule deer population. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 205 p.
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