FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF ARIZONA 265 



1. Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch., Fl. Brand. 572. 1864. 



Bl it um capitatum L., Sp. PL 4. 1753. 



Kaibab Plateau. Flagstaff, San Francisco Peaks, and Grand Canyon 

 (Coconino County), White Mountains (Apache County), 7,000 to 

 9.500 feet, in rich moist soil, June to August. Quebec to Alaska, 

 south to New Jersey, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oregon; Europe. 



St r a wbeny-bli t e . 



2. Chenopodium ambrosioides L., Sp. PL 219. 1753. 



Pinal, Maricopa, Cochise, and Yuma Counties, occasional at road- 

 sides. Throughout most of the United States, introduced from tropi- 

 cal America. 



Spanish-tea, Mexican-tea. Plant fetid. 



3. Chenopodium incisum Poir. in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 1: 392. 1810. 



Chenopodium comutum (Torr.) Benth. and Hook, ex S. Wats., 

 Bot. Calif. 2: 482. 1880. 



Apache, Navajo, and Coconino Counties, south to Cochise, Santa 

 Cruz, and Pima Counties, 5,000 to 9,000 feet, usually in pine woods, 

 August to September. Western Texas and Colorado to Arizona, 

 south to Costa Rica. 



Represented in Arizona by var. neomexicanum Aellen, the type of 

 which was collected in the Santa Catalina Mountains {Harrison 

 3026). Plant with a strong but not unpleasant odor, turning bright 

 red in fall. 



4. Chenopodium botrys L., Sp. PL 219. 1753. 



Yavapai and Maricopa Counties. 1.000 to 5,500 feet, at roadsides. 

 Extensively naturalized in North America, from Europe. 

 Jerusalem-oak, feather-geranium. 



*5. Chenopodium rubrum L., Sp. PL 218. 1753. 



Xot known to occur in Arizona but has been collected in northwestern 

 Xew Mexico. Widely distributed in the United States, probably an 

 introduction from Eurasia. 



6. Chenopodium glaucum L., Sp. PL 220. 1753. 



Apache and Navajo Counties, 5.000 to 6,000 feet, in saline soil, 

 July to August. Probably naturalized from Europe. 



The Arizona form is var. salinum (Standi.) Aellen (C. salinum 



Standi.). 



7. Chenopodium murale L., Sp. PL 219. 1753. 



Coconino to Cochise and Pima Counties, 1,000 to 8,000 feet, 

 flowering throughout the year. Widely distributed in North America, 

 naturalized from Europe. 



Nettleleaf goosefoot. A common weed in waste places in southern 

 Arizona. 



8. Chenopodium leptophyllum Nutt. ex S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Arts 



and Sci. Proc. 9: 94. 1874. 

 Apache, Navajo, and Coconino Comities, south to Cochise. Gila, and 

 Pinal Counties, 1.300 to 8,000 feet, May to September. Manitoba 

 and Alberta, south to northern Mexico and California. 



