Chenopodium iljinii (Chenopodium iljinii)
Description
Herbs annual,10-30 cm tall,farinose throughout.Stem usually prostrate or obliquely spreading,much branched,sometimes branched only from base.Petiole slender,0.4-1 cm;leaf blade gray-green,ovate to ovate-triangular,usually 0.5-1.5 × 0.4-1.2 cm,farinose on both surfaces,base broadly cuneate,margin entire or 3-lobed,apex subobtuse or acute;lateral lobes attached near base of leaf blade,apex obtuse.Glomerules forming short spikes on axillary branchlets.Perianth segments (4 or)5,obovate-linear to oblong,not keeled,abaxially densely farinose.Filaments slightly shorter than perianth;anthers broadly oblong.Style obscure;stigmas 2,filiform.Utricle depressed.Seed horizontal,rarely oblique,black,sublustrous,lenticular,sometimes depressed ovoid,0.8-1.2 mm in diam.,subsmooth or slightly pitted.Fl.and fr.Aug-Oct.Valley terraces,slopes,drier grasslands;2000-4000 m.W Gansu,Ningxia,Qinghai (Qilian Shan),NW Sichuan,Xinjiang [Kazakhstan].The closely related,C Asian Chenopodium pamiricum Iljin (in Shishkin,Fl.URSS 6: 873.1936) may be expected to occur in the mountains of W China.Probably some Chinese records of C.iljinii refer to that species.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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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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