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Chenopodiaceae

Nuttall's poverty-weed

Blitum nuttallianum Schult.

Family
Chenopodiaceae
Genus
Blitum

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Nuttall's poverty-weed: Figure 4 b; Amaranthacaeae, Amaryillidaceae, Anacardiaceae, and Apiaceae. Photos by P.C. Sokoloff. Blitum nuttallianum, habit (Sokoloff et al. 1320).
Photo: Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Czech
Podivka trojklaná
English
Nuttall's poverty-weed, Nuttall's povertyweed
Finnish
Suolasavikka
Spanish
Patata

Synonyms

  • Blitum chenopodioides Nutt.
  • Chenopodium trifidum Trevir.
  • Monolepis chenopodioides Moq.
  • Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene
  • Monolepis patagonica Ulbr.
  • Monolepis trifida (Trevir.) Schrad.

Flowers

In flower
February, April to July (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.