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Chenopodium vulvaria (Stinking Goosefoot) |
Chenopodium vulvaria (AMARANTHACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Chenopodium vulvariaL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 220 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family)
42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Stinking Goosefoot, Notchweed | Maltese name(s) : | Għobbejra tinten | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Nov | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Fallow fields, field margins and disturbed sites beside agricultural areas |
Botanical Description: |
Annual (4-)10-65 cm, procumbent, much-branched, grey-farinose, smelling of decaying fish. Leaves up to 2.5(-3) x 2.3(-2.7) cm, rhombic to ovate, entire or with an acute angle on each margin at the broadest part, more or less densely grey-farinose beneath. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, small, leafy. Sepals 5, not keeled. Seeds 1-1.5 mm in diameter, brownish-black, obtusely keeled. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18 |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe northwards to c. 50° N |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, Belgium, the Balaeric Islands, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, Switzerland, †H o Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Sweden, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) AE Ag Al Ar Be(B) †Be(L) BH Bl(I M N) dBr Bu dCa(H T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Eg dGa(C) Ga(F) Ge Gg Gr He Ho Hs(A S) Hu Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Mk Mo Rf(C CS E S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [nAu(A) Au(L) By aDa aEs aFe Ge aHb(E N) La Lt nMd(P) aNo nPo Rf(C K) Sk] |
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