Blitum virgatum L., Sp. pl. 1:4. 1753 (Syn: (≡) Chenopodium foliosum Asch.; (≡) Morocarpus foliosus Moench); As per The Plant List: Chenopodium foliosum Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 572 1864. (syn: Blitum korshinskyi Litv.; Blitum virgatum L.; Chenopodium blitum F.Muell.; Chenopodium blitum Hook. f.; Chenopodium korshinskyi Litv.; Chenopodium korshinskyi (Litv.) Minkw.; Chenopodium virgatum (L.) Ambrosi [Illegitimate]; Chenopodium virgatum (L.) Jess.; Monocarpus foliosus Moench; Morocarpus foliosus Moench);
Strawberry goosefoot, Strawberry Sticks, Punjab: Kapult; Glabrous annual herb is very distinct by its flesh mini strawberry like fruits; stems yellowish to red with spreading branches; leaves somewhat fleshy, green or tinged red, somewhat triangular, up to 10 cm long, coarsely dentate, upper hastate; flowers in axillary clusters up to 10 mm across, forming a loose spike; perianth segments 3-5, united up to middle, becoming red and fleshy in fruit; stamens 1-5; stigmas 2.
Plants from Cold Desert: Sending photo of Chenopodium murale collected from Chatru, Lahul & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh
I think the flesh reddish fruiting perianth occur in Chenopodium foliosum and not Chenopodium murale.
You are correct its Chenopodium foliolosum I was in bit of hurry
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: PKA1 :: Chenopodium foliosum at Chatadu: Bot. name: Chenopodium foliosum Family: Chenopodiaceae Date/Time: 29-09-2010 / 01:00PM Location: Chatadu Village (Himachal Pradesh), Altitude: 11,100 ft, Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Herb Now known as Blitum virgatum
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Blitum virgatum L. from Kashmir: Blitum virgatum L., Sp. pl. 1:4. 1753 syn: Chenopodium foliosum Asch.; Chenopodium blitum M. Muell; Hook.f.; Chenopodium virgatum (L.) Ambrosi (non Thunb., 1815) Common name: Strawberry goosefoot Earlier named as Chenopodium blitum in FBI and older Indian Floras, subsequently C. foliosum (an earlier name than C. blitum), in most recent Floras. Recent study in 2012 has resulted in this species being shifted to its original name Blitum virgatum L. Interesting this was the first name given to the species, but when it was transferred to Chenopodium, name C. virgatum, 1857 could not be maintained as this name had earlier (Thunb., 1815) been used for a different species, thus name C. blitum was adopted by Sir J D Hooker, only to be replaced by C. foliosum in recent Floras. Glabrous annual herb is very distinct by its flesh mini strawberry like fruits; stems yellowish to red with spreading branches; leaves somewhat fleshy, green or tinged red, somewhat triangular, up to 10 cm long, coarsely dentate, upper hastate; flowers in axillary clusters up to 10 mm across, forming a loose spike; perianth segments 3-5, united up to middle, becoming red and fleshy in fruit; stamens 1-5; stigmas 2. Photographed from Tangmarg, Kashmir. It is not common and probably restricted to higher elevations.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week:Chenopodium foliosum from Paddar Valley J&K: Kindly confirm ID Bot. name: Chenopodium foliosum Family: Chenopodiaceae Location: Paddar Valley J&K Altitude: 3000 m asl Yes ... Nice Photograph. Chenopodium foliolosum?? or Chenopodium murale?? Location Near ChandanwariLooks like chenopodium foliolosum Yes Blitum virgatum, earlier named as Chenopodium blitum or C. foliosum. Fleshy strawberry like fruits are distinctive. Strawberry goosefoot.
Bush for ID, Bharmour, Himachal Pradesh NAW-SEP17-13 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly identify this bush with bright red berries photographed in Bharmour town on a roadside in June 2017. The berries are quite possibly poisonous or at least inedible since nobody was touching them eventho this was growing along a busy street within reach of anyone who wanted to pluck the berries. Chenopodium foliosum (Chenopodiaceae) for me. And if so, new for eFI. Please check google search here. Thank you ... Reading about it on the net, it is also called Blitum virgatum, colloquially it is known as Strawberry Spinach, its leaves being edible as a vegetable, its fruits edible but tasteless. It is regarded as a weed now in Europe tho earlier it was cultivated as a vegetable and an ornamental. It might be an alien in the Himalayas.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitum_virgatum http://the.botanical-magazine.com/flower/blitum-virgatum alienplantsbelgium.be/content/blitum-virgatum Thanks, ... Kept under Blitum virgatum in efi site. Thank you ... for pointing towards its name change. So in this case we are following GRIN and not TPL 2013. |
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