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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Chenopodiaceae
Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) J.M.Coult.
winged pigweed
Cycloloma: from Greek cyclos, "a circle," and loma, referring to the calyx-wing, so "circular wing"
atriplicifolium: with leaves like Atriplex
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to spreading, annual, 4"-32" tall forb turning reddish at maturity; stems densely branched |
| Flower: | green, minute, 5-parted, stalkless, no petals, sepals becoming reddish; inflorescence an interrupted spike from most of the top branches; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | winged |
| Leaf: | irregularly toothed, smaller toward the top, all falling as the plant matures |
| Habitat: | sun; dry; in sandy soil |
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