Chenopodium howellii Benet-Pierce
Madroño 66: 67. 2019

Etymology	Named for the botanist and taxonomist John Thomas Howell (1903-1994)
Description:	Erect to decumbent smallish plant, branched from base, 3-4 dm high. Branches all ending around the same height at maturity. Leaf blades narrowly elliptic, rarely lobed, few ~1.5 (2) cm long by ≤ .7 cm wide, base slightly cuneate to obtuse and apex narrowly round. Upper leaves elliptic but slightly smaller, entire. Inflorescences are narrow paniculate spikes, with flowers ca. 1 mm in diameter. Fruits ~1.2 mm by ~.6 mm in side view, lenticular but convex below, with equatorial margin round. Pericarp adherent, colors from brown to whitish but with diagnostic whitish spots and black below, with creamy protuberances overall.
Distribution:	California: Alpine, Eldorado, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Plumas, Siskiyou and Tulare counties. NV: Washoe & Carson City counties. OR: Lake county.
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Type:	Howell 11900: CAS 217242, DS 230139
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