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|accepted_name=Chenopodium murale
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 219. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Sowbane;nettle-leaf goosefoot
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Chenopodium;Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium;Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium;Chenopodium subsect. Undata;Chenopodium murale
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Chenopodium subsect. Undata]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chenopodium murale]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 277, 285
|treatment_page=page 287
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, branched, 1–6(–10) dm, glabrous (to sparsely farinose when young); proximal branches decumbent. <b>Leaves</b> nonaromatic; 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). <b>Inflorescences</b> 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. <b>Flowers</b>: 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. <b>Achenes</b> depressed-ovoid; pericarp adherent, pustulate, becoming smooth with maturity. <b>Seeds</b> lenticular, round, 1–1.5 mm diam.; seed coat black, minutely rugose to ± smooth. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting fall.
|habitat=Waste places, roadsides, clay mounds, open oak woods, prairies, rocky hillsides, along railways
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;native to Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced nearly worldwide;mostly in subtropics and warm-temperate regions.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Chenopodium murale</i> is distinctive and is one of the more common species of the genus in the world, especially in tropical and subtropical regions.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Chenopodium murale
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Fruiting fall.
|habitat=Waste places, roadsides, clay mounds, open oak woods, prairies, rocky hillsides, along railways
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Mo.;Nev.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;native to Europe;Asia;n Africa;introduced nearly worldwide;mostly in subtropics and warm-temperate regions.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced;Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_537.xml
|genus=Chenopodium
|subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Chenopodium
|section=Chenopodium sect. Chenopodium
|subsection=Chenopodium subsect. Undata
|species=Chenopodium murale
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