CHENOPODIACEAE, Goosefoot Family
Herbs; leaves alternate or opposite; flowers small, usually green, hypogynous, bisporangiate or monosporangiate; sepals and stamens 1-5; petals none; carpels 2-3 (5); styles or stigmas as many; fruit 1-seeded; seed lens-shaped, vertical (its long axis parallel to floral axis) or horizontal.
Chenopodiaceae