Chenopodium hians
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Chenopodium hians is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common names hians goosefoot and gaping goosefoot. The Latin species name hians means "gaping".[http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageHI-HY.html CalFlora Plant Names]
Distribution
It is native to much of the western half of North America from British Columbia to California to Texas, where it grows in many types of open habitat, moist and dry, including disturbed areas such as roadsides.
Description
This is an annual herb growing an erect, branching stem up 80 centimeters in maximum height. It is powdery in texture, especially on the leaves and flowers. The leaves are up to 3 centimeters long, oval to lance-shaped with smooth edges. The inflorescence is a spike or panicle a few centimeters long made up of several clusters of tightly packed tiny flowers. Each flower has five lobes and coats the developing fruit.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Chenopodium+hians Calflora Database: Chenopodium hians (gaping goosefoot, hians goosefoot)]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHHI USDA Plants Profile for Chenopodium hians (hians goosefoot)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=19173 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Chenopodium hians]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242415424 Flora of North America]
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Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
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