Chenopodium Chenopodium, L. Chenopodium Chenopodium, L.

9. C. glaucum L. , Sp. Pl. 220 (1753).

Annual 2-40(-120) cm, procumbent or erect, much-branched, glabrous or almost so, except for the leaves beneath. Leaves elliptical, lanceolate, or rarely linear-elliptic, usually coarsely sinuate-serrate to sinuate, rarely subentire or entire, green above, densely glaucous-farinose beneath. Inflorescence axillary and terminal; cymes usually arranged in spikes or more or less paniculate. Flowers and seeds as in 10. 2/7= 18. Most of Europe except the extreme north and the islands. All except Az BI Co Cr Fa Hb Is Lu Sa Sb Si.

C. wolffii Simonkai , Termész. Füzetek 3; 164 (1879), recorded from Romania (Transsylvania) is very like 9 but the leaves are mostly linear and entire or only slightly dentate; it is probably a mutant of 9.

10. C. rubrum L. , Sp. Pl. 218 (1753).

Annual (0-5-)4-90 cm, procumbent to erect, usually much-branched, glabrous or almost so. Leaves ovate-rhombic to lanceolate, coarsely serrate-lobed to subentire. Cymes in variable, often pyramidal and leafy inflorescences. Sepals of lateral flowers 2-4, free to the middle or below, not or scarcely keeled. Seeds of lateral flowers 0-6- 1 - 1 mm in diameter, vertical, reddish-brown. 2/7= 36. Most of Europe, but rare in the Mediterranean region. All except Al Az BI Cr Fa Is Sa Sb Si Tu.