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§1 Plant

Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene

vernacular Nuttall's povertyweed — species · Chenopodiaceae

USDA
MONU
GBIF
5568899 syn.
Rank
species
Nuttall's povertyweed (Monolepis nuttalliana)
Platephotograph · Matt LavinCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Genus
Monolepis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 189 counties across 18 states/territories
Legend Native · 189 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
High
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
47 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
8–24 in/yr
pH range
6.5–9
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Rapid
Mature height
0.8 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,375,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 189 counties across 18 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 37 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MONU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5568899 ↗

Record version

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