Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Chenopodium L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Chenopodium trigonon Schult. in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15, 275 (1820) subsp. trigonon
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Einadia trigonos (Schult.) Paul G.Wilson, Nuytsia 4 (1983) subsp. trigonos
 Description

Stems prostrate or decumbent, often dark purple; rootstock stout. Petiole usually 3–10 mm long. Lamina ± hastate, broadly ovate, or elliptic. Perianth segments 0.3–0.6 mm long, linear to spathulate, not touching, usually slightly investing fr. Pericarp easily removed. Testa finely granular or furrowed.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Einadia trigonos (Schult.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. trigonos]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [as Einadia trigonos (Schult.) Paul G.Wilson subsp. trigonos] [Not Threatened]
Fuentes-Bazan, S.; Mansion, G.; Borsch, T. 2012: Towards a species level tree of the globally diverse genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62: 359–374.
Fuentes-Bazan, S.; Uotila, P.; Borsch, T. 2012: A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42: 5–24.
Roemer, J.J.; Schultes, J.A. 1820: Systema Vegetabilium. Vol. 6. Edition 15.
Wilson, P.G. 1983: A taxonomic revision of the tribe Chenopodieae (Chenopodiaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 4: 135–262.