PLANTS Profile for Monolepis nuttalliana (Nuttall's povertyweed)

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Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene
Nuttall's povertyweed

Symbol:

MONU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

Joe F. Duft. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

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Distribution:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, ME, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 3 species in Monolepis

Classification:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Monolepis Schrad. – povertyweed
Species	Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene – Nuttall's povertyweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

Nuttall's poverty weed
monolepis
patata
patota
povertyweed

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP

Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

UPL

FAC

FACW

FACU*

FAC

FACW

FAC-

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20700.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

Arizona: abstract & image of patata (Monolepis nuttalliana)

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 04:53 AM MDT