Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
United States
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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Global Range: Chenopodium littoreum has a range currently known only from coastal dunes of San Luis Obispo Co. and Santa Barbara Co. of the Central Coast of California, plus a single historic collection from Los Angeles Co. of the South Coast of California.
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N2 - Imperiled
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G2 - Imperiled
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Chenopodium littoreum
Chenopodium littoreum is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is endemic to California, known only from sections of the coastline of central California in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.
Taxonomy[edit]
Several characteristics separate this plant from any other Chenopodium. Specimens of the plant have been long mistaken for introductions of Chenopodium carnosulum, a South American species.[1] Studies indicate it is different in a number of characteristics and it was described as a new species in 2010.[1]
Description[edit]
This goosefoot. Chenopodium littoreum, is an annual herb forming prostrate mats on coastal dunes. The leaves are lance-shaped or elliptic in shape and borne on short petioles. They are rarely lobed. They are light green in color and coated with powdery exudate. The flowers are only about a millimeter in diameter and consistently have five yellow stamens. [2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Benet-Pierce, N. and M. G. Simpson. (2010). Chenopodium littoreum (Chenopodiaceae), a new goosefoot from dunes of south-central coastal California. Madroño 57:1 64-72.
- ^ Jepson - Chenopodium littoreum
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