Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blitum nuttallianum Schult. [Amaranthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
blitum nuttallianum whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
nuttall's povertyweed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene Fl. Francisc.: 168 (1891).
Blitum chenopodioides Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 4 (1818), nom. illeg.
Chenopodium arcticum Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 86 (1849).
Chenopodium trifidum Trevir. Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1829: ? (1829).
Monolepis chenopodioides Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 85 (1849), nom. superfl.
Monolepis chenopodioides var. trifida (Trevir.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 86 (1849).
Monolepis patagonica Ulbr. in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 16c: 499 (1934).
Monolepis trifida (Trevir.) Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1830: 4 (1830).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Blitum nuttallianum Schult.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Monolepis nuttalliana (J. A. Schultes) Greene	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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