Striped Goosefoot - Chenopodium strictum
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Species Description
Rare and widespread throughout the UK. It is probably increasing. Other names include: Late-flowering Goosefoot, Oval-seeded Goosefoot.
Stace 4:
Chenopodium strictum Roth (C. striatum (Krasan) Murr, C. striatiforme Murr, C. glaucophyllum Aellen) - Striped Goosefoot.
Like C. album but stems usually red-striped; leaves narrowly oblong with more or less parallel sides, shallowly toothed but not lobed; tepals scarcely keeled; (2n=36). Neophyte-casual; tips and waste places mainly from grain and wool; rather rare in Britain North to Central Scotland, mainly South, County Limerick; Europe.
Key:
- Leaves distinctively longer than wide; tepals usually fused to <1/2 way; inflorescence usually mealy
- Leaves narrowly oblong, with more or less parallel sides, often obtuse, with shallow teeth but not lobed; seeds with ratio of longest to shortest diameters usually >1.15
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Kew (as C. striatiforme)