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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 blomianum Aellen in Bot. Notiser 1928: 203. 1928; R.R.Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 221. 1972; Chenopodium ficifolium subsp. blomianum var. indicola (Murr) Aellen in Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitteleur. Bd. III/2: 624. 1960, comb. inval.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. & Fr. Per.: January - June (- November).
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Type:
Type: Described from Sweden from an adventive plant.
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Habitat:
Gardens, fields and other cultivated places, waste lands; in sandy to clayey, often saline soils. 370-700 m.
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Distribution:
Distribution: From Afghanistan to India, China, Japan and SE Asia; introduced to N Australia.
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Aellen (l.c.) divided C. ficifolium into two subspecies, subsp. ficifolium (from Europe to Siberia) and subsp. blomianum (from Indian subcontinent) based on seed coat, and separated further taxa from the latter on the basis of leaf shape. The rank accepted here should be considered provisional especially because the variation is badly known in the vast other Asian areas of C. ficifolium. Even if there are also differences between Indian and European C. ficifolium in leaf shape, the variation in the leaf shape is wide and partly overlapping, and in some cases the races cannot be separated with certainty without seeds.
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Map Location:
B-7 Swat dist.: Mingora, 28.5.1978, Zia-ul-Qamar 9 (K); Between Batkhela and Chakdara, 14.6.1987, A.Ghafoor & S.Omer 2309 (KUH); C-6 Peshawar dist.: Peshawar, Jan. 1907, H.Deane (K); Peshawar dist.: Just E of Pabbi on the road from Peshawar to Rawalpindi, 370 m, 31.5.1972, P.Uotila 17393 (H); C-7 Rawalpindi, Rawal Lake E of Islamabad, N edge of the lake, 700 m, 2.6.1972, P.Uotila 17438 (H); Near Diary Farm, 22.4.1934, Mohindar Nath 199 p.p. (RAW); Mustafabad near Choa Saidan Shah dist.: 16.8.1972, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 4563 p.p. (B); 4 miles from Sargodha–Sahiwal, 1.5.1969, S.Abedin 2561 (KUH); Punjab, Jhelum dist.: 13.12.1916, R.R.Stewart & I.D.Stewart 473 p.p. (KUH); D-4 Quetta dist.: 14.8.1959, S.I.Ali 1238 (KUH); D-6 Dera Ismail Khan dist.: Dera Ismail Khan, 31°51'N, 70°56'E, ad Indus flumen, 23.5.1965, K.H.Rechinger 30014 (W); 13.4.1971, M.A.Siddiqi & Y.Nasir 7350 (KUH); D-7 54 miles from Lahore on way to Sargodha, 19.4.1969, S.Abedin 2166, 2168 (KUH); S.A.Farooqi 2187 (KUH); D-8 Lahore dist.: Lahore, 15.3.1978, A.G.Chaudhary 14 (K); March 1846, J.Thomson (K); Changa Manga, 27.4.1969, S.Abedin 2597 (KUH); 2.5.1969, S.Abedin 2638 (KUH); F-3 Makran dist.: Hoshab, behind Rest House, 2.4.1971, S.Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6570 (KUH); Baluchistan, c. 30 km from Awaran on way to Hoshab, 3.4.1989, T.Ali 1462 (KUH); F-4 c. 5 miles form Saidabad on way to Dadu, 10.11.1982, K.A.Malik, M.Qaiser, S.Omer & G.Khan 2203 (KUH); F-5 1 mile from Sakrand on way to Sukkur, 17.5.1972, S.Abedin & Abrar Hussain 9463 (KUH); G-4 Thatta dist.: Prof. Anwar’s Farm, Goth Juma Dal, 3.3.1972, S.Abedin, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 9384 (B, KUH); Karachi, Memon Goth, 5.1.1980, J.Saadi 3 (KUH); Karachi University Campus, Microbiology garden, 8.1.1968, Khush Gul (KUH); G-5 Near cultivated plot, wheat section, Tandojam dist.: 7.3.1981, J.Saadi & M.Shariq 29 (KUH); Hyderabad dist.: Horticultural garden, Tandojam, 7.3.1981, J.Saadi & M.Shariq 22 (KUH); 7.3.1981, J.Saadi & M.Shariq 25 (KUH); Tandojam, cultivation near Chemistry Section, 7.3.1981, J.Saadi & M.Shariq 15(KUH); Between Tandojam & Tando Allahyar, 28.3.1973, A.Ghafoor & M.Qaiser 465 (B, KUH); c. 4 miles from Naakor on way to Diplo, 23.1.1970, S.I.Ali, S.A.Farooqi & S.Abedin 4313 (KUH); Khipro, 135 miles from Mirpur Khas, 22.1.1970, S.I.Ali, S.A.Farooqi & S.Abedin 4293 (KUH), Rani Bagh, 29.10.1959, S.I.Ali (KUH).
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Annual, 20-70(-150) cm tall. Stem usually erect, green-striped, sometimes yellow or tinged with red, rarely with red spots in leaf axils, branched especially in lower parts, branches spreading, fairly short. Leaves fairly thin, glabrous to farinose, greyish green, petiole as long as or shorter than blade; blade 2-5 cm long, elliptic to ovate, usually with a forward-projecting tooth or lobe on both sides near base; middle lobe ± oblong, with several teeth or sometimes subentire, obtuse to truncate at apex. Inflorescence a terminal, much branched rather loose panicle, leafless only in uppermost parts; bracts narrowly lanceolate, usually entire; glomerules small. Perianth segments 5, connate to the middle, slightly keeled on back. Stamens 5. Stigmas 2. Fruits falling with perianth. Pericarp fairly adherent. Seeds horizontal, black, 0.8-1.0 mm, roundish in outline, margin ± obtuse; testa with radial striae and radially elongated fairly shallow pits, with sinuous margins.
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