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Morphology
- Stem
- Spreading to erect, much-branched basally, villous to tomentulose or glabrescent.
- Leaves
- Cauline, alternate; petiole to .6 inch; blade oblanceolate, .8 to 3.2 inches long, .2 to .8 inch wide, base wedge-shaped, margins irregularly sinuate-dentate, tip acute to mucronate, without spine-like bristle at tip, surfaces tomentulose or glabrescent.
- Inflorescence
- Spikes, terminal; bract 1, linear to elliptic, 1/8 to 2/5 inch.
- Flower
- Bisexual or pistillate; tepals 5, connate ca. half their lengths, lobes each strongly keeled and horizontally winged; petals 0; stamens 5; styles 0, stigmas 3.
- Fruit
- Utricles surrounded by persistent calyx, at maturity forming a horizontal membranous, erose, circular wing; seeds black, lens-shaped.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Sand and sandsage prairies, sandy floodplains, disturbed sandy sites
- Distribution
- Occurs statewide
Additional Notes
Comments
Cycloloma, circle and border, alluding to the fruits, and atriplicifolium, alluding to the resemblance of the leaves to the genus Atriplex.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Amaranthaceae - Amaranth Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 2-32 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2014-04-19
Color Groups
White, Green & Greenish White Wildflowers
Flowering Period
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Blooms: May, June, July, August, September, October