FIELD GOOSEFOOT
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Chenopodium pratericola Rydb.
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| [=Chenopodium desiccatum A. Nels.] |
| McPherson County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 8-32 inches |
| Family: Amaranthaceae - Amaranth Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September,October |
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| Stems: | | Erect, usually branched below and/or above, usually densely covered with a mealy powder. | | Leaves: | | Cauline, alternate: petiole 1/6 to 2/5 inch; blade linear to lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, .6 to 2.4 inches long, 1/6 to 3/5 inch wide, 3-veined from base, base wedge-shaped, margins entire or with 2 basal teeth, tip acute, surfaces usually densely covered with a mealy powder. | | Inflorescences: | | Small, dense, head-like clusters of minute flowers in terminal and axillary panicles. | | Flowers: | | Tepals (4-)5, nearly distinct, lobes oblong-ovate, less than 1/25 inch, strongly keeled along midvein, usually spreading and exposing fruit at maturity; stamens (4-)5. | | Fruits: | | Utricles, ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, smooth; seeds horizontal, black, tiny. | | Habitat: | | Sand and sandsage prairies, sandy areas in mixed-grass and shortgrass prairies, flood plains. | | Distribution: | | Occurs statewide | | Origin: | | Native |
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