Status: Native
Synonyms:
Chenopodium arizonicum Standley
Chenopodium neomexicanum apparently can be either malodorous or not, but our specimen from behind Ft. Bayard Medical Center is very malodorous, and in the past has been described as smelling like rotten fish. The leaves are hastate toward the bottom and sparsely farinose. The sepals separate at maturity revealing a black pericarp. Chenopodium neomexicanum is found in waste areas at lower to middle elevation.
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Chenopodium neomexicanum, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger and the September, 2010 GNPS Field Trip to Ft. Bayard, September 12, 2010
Chenopodium neomexicanum, closeup, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger and the September, 2010 GNPS Field Trip to Ft. Bayard, September 12, 2010
Chenopodium neomexicanum, closeup of leaf (3 veined from base), photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger and the September, 2010 GNPS Field Trip to Ft. Bayard, September 12, 2010
Chenopodium neomexicanum, closeup of sparesely farinose leaf with basal hastate lobes, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger and the September, 2010 GNPS Field Trip to Ft. Bayard, September 12, 2010
Chenopodium neomexicanum, 5x macro of "honeycomb-pitted" black pericarp, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger and the September, 2010 GNPS Field Trip to Ft. Bayard, September 12, 2010
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