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Monolepis
nuttalliana (Nuttall's Poverty Weed)
Semi-desert.
Shrublands, openings. Spring. Monolepis nuttalliana spreads itself crabgrass-like over dry, barren hills at low elevations in the Four Corners area. "Monolepis" is Greek for "single scale", and "nuttalliana" honors Thomas Nuttall, eminent 19th century botanist, ornithologist, naturalist, and Harvard teacher. (Click for more biographical information about Nuttall.) |
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Monolepis
nuttalliana (Nuttall's Poverty Weed) Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family) Formerly Chenopodiaceae Semi-desert.
Shrublands, openings. Spring. Young Monolepis nuttalliana leaves are long and narrow with smooth margins (top photograph); older leaves are hastate-shaped (bottom photograph). Flowers cluster in the leaf axils and the top photograph shows bits of the pinkish flowers; most of the growth in the leaf axils is the developing seeds. The species can be anthocyanic in whole or in part: notice the red stems. |
Range map © John Kartesz,
County Color Key
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Range map for Monolepis nuttalliana |