Author: |
Carl Linnaeus, 1753 |
Family: |
CHENOPODIACEAE* |
Origin: |
Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil South, Chile, Peru, Uruguay (North America,
Australia, Europe, N+S Africa) |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
Height: |
20 (40)
Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Green / White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Cutlaaf
Goosefoot, Paico, Paiquillo, Pichín Tirao |
Synonyms: |
Dysphania multifida,
Mosyakin & Clemants, 2002.
Ambrina pinnatisecta, Spach, 1836.
Ambrina tenuis, Moq.
Atriplex multifida, Crantz
Blitum tenue, Moq.
Chenopodium citriodorum, Steud.
Chenopodium multifidum f. intermedium, Aellen.
Chenopodium multifidum f. latisectum, Bonte &
Aellen.
Chenopodium multifidum var. microcarpa, Reiche
Chenopodium multifidum f. spathulatum, Aellen.
Chenopodium payco, Molina.
Chenopodium tenue, Colla.
Dysphania microcarpa, Mosyakin & Clemants.
Orthosporum multifidum, Kostel.
Roubieva microcarpa, Phil.
Roubieva multifida, Moq. 1834
Teloxys multifida, W.A.Weber, 1985.
Herniaria payco, Molina |
This member of the Chenopodiaceae
family was describes by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in
Argentina, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. It
grows in well drained soil with little to some water and lots of
sun. The caudex will grow to five centimetres, the annual stems will
crawl for 40 centimetres. The flowers are greenish, and it can be
reproduced by cuttings as well.
The genera name from the
Cherangani Hills in Kenya. The species name means 'many-cleft,
divided into many segments' for the branches.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Chenopodiaceae
is
now part of
the Amaranthaceae.
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