Chenopodium vulvaria L.

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Stinking Goosefoot

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Description

Spreading annual, branching from base, with a strong fish-like smell. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate or trullate, entire, subglabrous above, mealy below; lamina 1–2 cm long; petiole slender, c. half length of lamina. Inflorescence of dense clusters of flowers forming compact axillary and terminal panicles 1–2 cm long. Flowers bisexual and female. Perianth subglobular, shortly 5-lobed, enlarging with and enveloping fruit, densely mealy. Stamens 5, glabrous, united into a cup-shaped disc at base. Pericarp membranous, papillose, somewhat adherent to seed. Seed horizontal, lenticular with obvious keel, 1–2 mm diam.; testa radially lineate.

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Naturalised.

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Distribution

Native to Northern Hemisphere. In Australia a weed of agriculture in eastern N.S.W., Vic. Tas. and south-eastern S.A.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

S.A.: Fullarton, D.E. Symon 408 (ADW). 

N.S.W.: Binalong, Jan. 1922, J.J. Parry (NSW). 

Vic.: Omeo, R.V. Smith 64/29 (NSW).

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Illustrations

S. Ross-Craig, Drawings of British Plants pt. 25: t. 14 (1968).

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Bibliography

Duretto M,F., Morris D.I. & de Salas M.F. (2019). Amaranthaceae, version 2020:1. In M.F. de Salas (Ed.) Flora of Tasmania Online. 30 pp. (Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart). https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/vascular-families/amaranthaceae/ (accessed 28 May 2024).  

VicFlora (2024). Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Available online: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au (accessed on: 28 May 2024).

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Flora of Australia Volume 4

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© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia, 2024
Last updated: System; Feb 20, 2020 12:41 Status: Legacy

Author - Paul G. Wilson

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Cite this profile as: Paul G. Wilson. Chenopodium vulvaria, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Chenopodium%20vulvaria [Date Accessed: 19 September 2025]