Monolepis nuttalliana

Monolepis nuttalliana
Monolepis nuttalliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Genus: Monolepis
Species: M. nuttalliana
Binomial name
Monolepis nuttalliana
(Schult.) Greene

Monolepis nuttalliana is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name Nuttall's povertyweed. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and common from Alaska to Mexico to New England. It can be found in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas, often favoring wet places. It is a fleshy annual herb producing two or more erect, reddish, hairless stems up to about 40 centimeters tall. The thick lance-shaped or arrowhead-shaped leaves are up to 4.5 centimeters in length. Clusters of several rounded flowers each appear in the leaf axils and yield small fruits about 2 millimeters wide. Many Native American groups used this plant as a medicine and a food.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ethnobotany

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