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| Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Chenopodiaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Cycloloma | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Kochia atriplicifolia Spreng. | ||||||||
| Common Names: | winged pigweed tumble ringwing |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southeastern Saskatchewan – southern Manitoba – southern Ontario | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southeastern Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Mixed Grassland, Moist Mixed Grassland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | sandy, dry soil | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Winged pigweed is endangered in Saskatchewan because it is extremely rare and is highly regionally restricted. This plant lives in fragile, sandy environments and may be sensitive to changes habitat due to human developments. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 10 – 80 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | taproot | ||||||||
| Stem: | annual, erect or spreading, bushy, freely branched, grooved, branches angled, woolly, not mealy, nearly hairless in age | ||||||||
| Leaves: | alternate, stalked, 6 – 7 cm long, 1 – 1.5 cm wide, inversely lance-shaped, base wedge-shaped, tip acute, margin coarsely toothed | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | terminal, unbranched, like a string of beads, interrupted | ||||||||
| Flowers: | bisexual or female-flowered; perianth segments 5, fused; stamens 5; stigmas 3 | ||||||||
| Fruits: | nearly spherical, enclosed in sepals with peripheral wing, pericarp free from seed; seed approximately 3 mm across (including wing), horizontal, black, bearing white silky hairs | ||||||||
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