Common name: Nettle-leaf Goosefoot
Chenopodium murale L. APNI* 
Description: Erect annual to 1.5 m high, stems often striate.
Leaves at base of plant triangular to ovate, to 8 cm long, with a petiole almost as long; leaves towards the apex of plant elliptic and almost subsessile; margins prominently erose to toothed, even on uppermost leaves.
Inflorescence paniculate, axillary and terminal. Flowers bisexual or female, 1–1.5 mm diam. Perianth segments 5, fused near base. Stamens 5 or 0.
Seed horizontal, 1–1.5 mm diam., glossy, minutely pitted, shed in surrounding perianth.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, *SFWP, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *W.A. *S.A. *N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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