Published In:
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2): 74. 1849. ( Prodr.)   
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(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Synonym Text:
Chenopodium multiflorum Moq. in DC., Prodr. 13, 2: 75 (1849); Chenopodium foetidum auct., non Schrad. non Lam., Grubov, Pl. As. Centr. 2: 20. 1966; Kung & Chu in Kung & Tsien, Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 25,2: 80. 1979; Chenopodium botrys auct., non L., p.p., Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1879; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 4. 1886. p.p.; Iljin & Aellen in Komarov, Fl. URSS 6: 46. 1936 p.p.; R.R.Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashmir: 220. 1972. p.p.; Bhopal & Chaudhri in Pak. Syst. 1: 43. 1977. p.p.; Mullin in Hara et al., Fl. Pl. Nepal 3: 170. 1982; Gupta, The living Himalayas 2: cxliii. 1989.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. & Fr. Per.: June-September.
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Type:
Type: ‘Specimen in ex hb. Biroli in Herb Colla’ (TURIN 5972 - photo !).
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Habitat:
Dry slopes, waste ground, cultivated places; near water, clayey places.1585-3000 m.
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Distribution:
Distribution: Hindukush, Himalayas, China to Yunnan, Sichuan and Gansu.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
A variable species in leaf shape and perianth characters, commonly confused with C. botrys.
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Map Location:
A-8 25 miles on way to Gilgit from Karimabad, 14.7.1977, K.A.Malik & M.Qaiser 527 (KUH); Naltar Gilgit, 9000 ft., 3.8.1986, Zabata Khan & M.Ashfaq 438 (RAW); B-6 Chitral, Bumboret, Gol Kafiristan, 1800 m, 30.6.1987, A.Ghafoor & S.Omer 3288 (KUH); Bombrait valley, 26.7.1976, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 6773 (KUH); Meana, c. 14.5-16 km from Dir, on way to Chitral, 2000 m, 10.8.1992, T.Ali, S.Z.Hussain & G.Khan 2145 (KUH); B-7 Swat dist.: between 5 and 10 km from Kalam, on way to Utrore-Gabral, 3000 m, 3.7.1987, A.Ghafoor & S.Omer 3424 (KUH); Between Aath Muqam & Keran, 22.9.1987, T.Ali, M. Qaiser & M.Ajmal Khan 439 (KUH); c. 18 miles from Balakot, on way to Naran, 1.10.1970, S.A.Farooqi & M.Qaiser 3248 (KUH); Along Nalah in front of Safaid Mahal Marghazar, 20.8.1969, Saida Qureshi 29 (KUH); Hazara near Batakundi, on way to Gilgit, 1.9.1972, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 5314 (KUH); Naran-Lalazar Kaghan, 21.8.1987, Y.Nasir, Rubina Akhtar & Hainf 13050 (RAW); Katghan, Kaghan valley, Kaghan, 1.10.1970, S.A.Farooqi & M.Qaiser 3267 (KUH); Karakoram, Hasora, Environs of Tashing, NW of Astor or Hasora, 16–24.9.1856, Schlagintweit 6878 (E,G); B-8 Kashmir, near Sopme (Sopare), 8.11.1969, Kaul 788 (G); W Himalayas, Rana valley SW of Astor, Gilgit agency, 35°20'N, 75°50'E, 7000 ft., 7.8.1967, T.E.Lankester & T.A.S.Pearson TEL 1423 (BM); Kashmir, Pahlgam 7000 ft., 14.8.1920, R.R.Stewart 5683 (K); Satpura, stream below Skardu, 9000 ft., 22.8.1966, M.A.Siddiqi & Y.Nasir & Z.Ali 4144 (K,RAW).
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Aromatic annual, 5-40 cm, densely hairy, hairs sessile or subsessile glandular. Stems erect, branched mainly in the middle, branches spreading-ascending, shorter than the main axis. Leaves yellowish to brownish green, blade 1-6 cm, elliptic-ovate to broadly elliptic, pinnatifid with 2-5 broad lobes and sometimes several teeth on each side. Inflorescence with a few leaves, elongate, to 10 cm wide, composed of often fairly lax dichasial cymes, or more axillary with smaller cymes. Terminal flowers larger and earlier flowering than lateral ones. Perianth segments 5, ca. 1 x 0.5 mm, elliptic to ovate, acuminate, free to halfway or more, herbaceous with membranous margins, dorsally with ± hairy keels, margins with sessile glands. Stamens 1-5. Stigmas 2. Pericarp free. Seeds horizontal, black, 0.6-0.8 mm, round in outline, thick, partly emarginate with or without keel in the middle; testa almost smooth.
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