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Over's Goosefoot - Chenopodium capitatum var. parvicapitatum
Other Names:
Chenopodium overi, Chenopodium foliosum, Blitum hastatum
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General Description
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Phenology
Fruiting summer to fall (Clemants and Mosyakin in Flora of North America [FNA] 2003).
Diagnostic Characteristics
Montana has two varieties of
Chenopodium capitatum (Lesica 2022; Clemants and Mosyakin
in Flora of North America [FNA] 2003):
Variety parvicapitatum , native
-In fruit the glomerules are usually green (occasionally red), 5mm or less broad.
-Leaf margins entire to somewhat toothed (crenate).
-Leaf blades are cuneate to truncate at their base.
Variety capitatum , possibly exotic
-In fruit the glomerules are reddish, 6-10mm broad.
-Leaf margins strongly toothed (dentate).
-Leaf blades are truncate to cordate at their base.
Range Comments
In North America: AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, and WY (Clemants and Mosyakin in FNA 2003). Chenopodium captitatum parvicapitatum in FNA 2003).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 3
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Habitat
In North American plants have been found in Quaking Aspen groves, Ponderosa Pine stands, Pinyon Pine-Juniper stands, Douglas-Fir and Quaking Aspen stands, Big Sagebrush habitats, meadows, and riparian habitats (Clemants and Mosyakin in FNA 2003).
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