Family: Amaranthaceae
Chenopodium cristatum
Citation:
F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 7:11 (1869).
Synonymy: Blitum cristatum F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 2:73 (1858).
Common name: Crested goosefoot, crested crumbweed.
Description:
Prostrate to ascending annual branching from the base, aromatic; stems pilosulose with both slender and sessile to shortly stipitate gland-tipped hairs; leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, entire to coarsely toothed, sparsely puberulous; lamina c. 10 mm long; petiole slender, c. 5 mm long.
Flowers in dense axillary clusters; perianth-segments 5, erect, acuminate; stamen 0 or 1.
Fruiting perianth spherical in outline, c. 2 mm diam., strongly 5-winged, white; perianth-segments free to the base, cartilaginous, semi-orbicular, rostrate, completely enclosing the fruit; pericarp membranous, adherent; seed erect, lenticular, c. 0.5 mm diam.
| Chenopodium cristatum twig and fruiting perianth.
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Image source: fig. 153b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: March — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Taxonomic notes:
This species frequently hybridises with C. pumilio and C. melanocarpum.
Author:
Not yet available
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