Chenopodium sect. Blitum

(Linnaeus) Bentham & Hooker f.

Gen. Pl. 3: 52. 1880.

Basionym: Undefined sect. Blitum Linnaeus Sp. Pl.,Gen. Pl. ed. 1: 4. 1753,5, 6. 1754
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 280.
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Plants annual. Leaf blades lanceolate, ovate, or usually triangular, glabrous. Perianth segments 3(–4), connate only at base or connate into irregular lobes, margins entire; stigmas 0.1–0.5 mm. Seeds vertical.

Distribution

North America, Europe, Asia.

Discussion

Species 4 or 5 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.