Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Blitum nuttallianum Schult.
(Nuttall's Poverty-Weed)

Family: Amaranthaceae

Status: Exotic

Synonyms:
Monolepis chenopodioides Moq.
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

Blitum nuttallianum is a spreading to ascending weedy herb of disturbed ground. It typically has reddish stems and succulent leaves with one hastate lobe. The inflorescences are axillary.

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Blitum nuttallianum, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Cliff, Sycamore Canyon, April 19, 2024




Blitum nuttallianum, habit, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Cliff, Sycamore Canyon, April 19, 2024




Blitum nuttallianum, leaves and inflorescences, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Cliff, Sycamore Canyon, April 19, 2024




Blitum nuttallianum, leaves and inflorescences, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Cliff, Sycamore Canyon, April 19, 2024




Blitum nuttallianum, leaves and inflorescences, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Cliff, Sycamore Canyon, April 19, 2024



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