Chenopodium carinatum R. Br. 1810

Chenopodium carinatum R. Br. 1810. S kölmålla. - Similar to C. botrys (23) and to C. cristatum, C. melanocarpum and C. pumilio (see below). Aromatic, pubescent and glandular, branched from the base; leaves ovate, lobed to coarsely serrate, 5-30 mm; flowers in dense axillary clusters; perianth lobes persistent, thickened and enlarged in fruit, coriaceous, white, distinctly keeled, apex truncate, keel pubescent; seed horizontal, 0.5 mm. D ØJy �rhus 1975. S Sk Lackalänga 1928-29, 1937, 1949. - Australia. Hybrids formed with the rare casual C. cristatum.Published as part of Jonsell, B., Karlsson, 2005, Chenopodiaceae - Fumariaceae (Chenopodium), pp. 4-31 in Flora Nordica 2 on page 2