Chenopodium desertorum (Chenopodium desertorum)
Description
Prostrate to erect,facultative perennial.Leaves opposite or alternate,lamina triangular,hastate or elliptic,to c.20 mm long,variously clothed with vesicular hairs;petiole short to long.Inflorescence of dense axillary or terminal clusters;terminal flowers male or bisexual;lateral flowers female.Perianth segments 5,fused only at base,1–2 mm long,densely covered with vesicular hairs.Stamens 5 or 0.Pericarp dry or succulent.Seed horizontal,1–1.5 mm diam.,black.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Amaranthaceae
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Genus: Chenopodium
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