Chenopodium murale L.
Common Name : Nettle-leaved goosefoot
Family : Chenopodiaceae

HABIT |
AN ERECT OR PROSTRATE AND ASCENDING, BUSHY, RATHER STOUT,
HERBACEOUS ANNUAL, UP TO 90 CM HIGH. |
STEMS |
USUALLY BRANCHED FROM THE
BASE, BRANCHES ASCENDING; GLABROUS TO SPARSELY FARINOSE. STEMS OCCASIONALLY
RED-STRIPED. |
LEAVES |
ALTERNATE ALONG THE STEMS, DARK GREEN; 1-10 CM LONG, 1-5.5 CM
WIDE, DELTOID TO RHOMBIC-OVATE, APEX ACUTE OR OBTUSE, BASE CUNEATE TO
TRUNCATE OR SUBCORDATE, MARGINS COARSELY AND IRREGULARLY SINUATE-DENTATE OR
LACINIATE. |
FLOWERS |
FLOWERS IN SMALL GLOMERULES,
IN LAX OR DENSE AXILLARY AND TERMINAL, SHORT, CYMOSE PANICLES, SOME ARISING
FROM THE LOWER LEAF AXILS. FLOWER CLUSTERS COVERED WITH A MEALY SUBSTANCE. |
FRUITS |
UTRICLE WITH MEMBRANOUS
PERICARP; PERICARP ADHERENT TO SEED. |
SEEDS |
HORIZONTAL,
TINY, ABOUT 1.5 MM IN DIAMETER, LENS SHAPED/ DISK-SHAPED, MARGINS ACUTE WITH CONSPICUOUS THIN RIM, DULL
BLACK, SURFACE FINELY, SHALLOWLY PUNCTULATE. |