Chenopodium wahlii Benet-Pierce
Madroño 66: 71. 2019.

Etymology	Named for H.A. Wahl (1900-1975). American Botanist, taxonomist and faculty member at Pennsylvania for over 40 years. Scientific authority on the taxonomy of the Genus Chenopodium.
Description:	Erect annual, branched, 4-8 dm high. Leaf blades petiolate, narrowly elliptic, rarely lobed, ~ 2.8 cm long by ~ 1.5 to .9 cm wide, base cuneate, round or obtuse and apex obtuse, round or widely acute, entire. Upper blades are narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, ~1.6 cm long by ~ .6 cm wide, apex and base widely acute or round. Inflorescence are terminal and axillary panicles of glomerate spikes ~ 40 cm., with sessile flowers ca. 1 mm in diameter. Fruits slightly conical below, ≤ 1.1 mm by ~ .5 mm wide, with acute equatorial margin. Pericarp adherent, brown to occ with random yellow spots; pericarp turns all brown with age.
Distribution:	California: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura counties.
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Type:	Raven 16726
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