Chenopodium murale L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Amaranthaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Annual, somewhat scurfy above; stem 3-8 dm. high, leafy to the summit. Leaves rhombic-ovate, thin, bright green, acute or acuminate, sharply and coarsely sinuate-dentate, cuneate or subtruneate at the base, slender-petioled, 5-10 cm. long; flowers in loose axillary panicles often not longer than the petioles; calyx-segments not entirely enclosing the utricle; seed sharp-edged, horizontal, firmly attached to the pericarp.
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Distribution
A weed of streets and waste grounds, on the inhabited islands of the archipelago, Great Bahama to Watling's. Acklin's. and Long Islands, East Caicos and Grand Turk : Widely distributed as a weed in temperate and tropical regions. SOWBAXE. GREEXS.
Acklins Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America|