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Dysphania cristata
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Crested Wormseed
[
Blitum cristatum
F. Muell.]
FNA
Resources
Steven E. Clemants & Sergei L. Mosyakin in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Stems
prostrate, branched, 3-5 dm, pilose and glandular-pilose, or with sessile glands.
Leaves
aromatic; petiole 0.7-1 cm; blade ovate or elliptic, 1.3-2.1 × 1.1-1.5 cm, reduced somewhat in inflorescence, base cuneate, apex obtuse, glandular-pubescent.
Inflorescences
axillary glomerules; glomerules subglobose, 4-6 mm diam.; bracts similar to cauline leaves, elliptic, reduced to 0.8 mm, margins crenate-dentate, apex obtuse.
Flowers:
perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base, distinct portions elliptic to oblong, strongly keeled, 1.8-1.9 × 0.3-0.5 mm, apex acuminate, fimbriate and hirsute, pubescent with septate hairs, hardly enclosing fruit, becoming white, strongly crested and 5-winged vertically, rostrate, semiorbiculate, and cartilaginous in fruit; stamen 1; stigmas 2.
Achenes
ovoid; pericarp adherent, membranaceous, slightly rugose and papillate.
Seeds
reddish brown, ovoid, 0.6-0.7 × 0.5-0.6 mm, margins slightly keeled over radicle and grooved over cotyledons; seed coat smooth.
Fruiting summer. Wool waste areas; 10 m; introduced; S.C.; Australia.
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Development supported by National Science Foundation Grants (
DBI 9983132
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BRC 0237418
,
DBI 0743827
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DBI 0847966
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