Kochia Roth

13. Kochia Roth 1

Like Bassia but the perianth-segments developing a transverse wing (rarely a tubercle) on the back in fruit.

1 Leavesflat, lanceolate orlinear-lanceolate,3-veined; fruiting perianth-segments with very short wing sometimes reduced to a tubercle 4. scoparia

1 Leaves semicylindrical, linear-subulate, obscurely veined or

1 -veined; fruiting perianth-segments with distinct scarious wing

2 Annual; fruitingperianth-segmentswithoblongorobovate wing not more than 1 mm wide 3. laniflora

2 Smallshrub; fruitingperianth-segmentswithsuborbicularor triangular-orbicular wing usually at least 2 mm wide

3 Leaves up to 12 mm, acute or mucronate, not fleshy; perianth-segments ovate, obtuse, densely pubescent 1. prostrata

3 Leaves up to 30 mm, obtuse, fleshy; perianth-segments orbicular, glabrous or sparsely pubescent 2. saxicola