Chenopodium simplex (C. hybridum var. simplex; C. gigantospermum)|maple-leaf goosefoot|Chenopodiaceae

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Chenopodium simplex.John Hilty.illinoiswildflowers.info. (Accessed 5/2014).

Chenopodium simplex is an annual C3 herb (Jacobs 2001), to 1.5 m tall, erect, bright green.

Leaves alternate, stalk elongate, blade broadly egg-shaped to deltoid, 5-20 cm long, with 1-4 large lobe-like teeth per side, tip pointed, base blunt to lobed.

Chenopodium simplex flowers. © Neal S. Ratzlaff. Fontenelle Forest. Nature Search. fnanaturesearch.org (Accessed 1/2018).

Flowers minute; inflorescence terminal, branched spikes.

Fruit to 0.2 cm, seeds horizontal, shiny, black (Stalter and Tang 2002).

Wetland status: UPL.

Frequency in NYC: Very infrequent.

Origin: Native

Habitat: Open areas.

Related Terms:

Term: Stalter and Tang 2002
Term: Jacobs 2001

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Chenopodium simplex (C. hybridum var. simplex; C. gigantospermum) maple-leaf goosefoot Chenopodiaceae CHGI; Bx, pb (DeCandido 2001); Q (DeCandido 2001); R (DeCandido 2001);