Japan Flora: Glabrous annual, white-mealy on young parts and underside of leaves; stems much branched, striate, 60-150 cm. long; leaves deltoid-ovate to rhombic-ovate, narrowly ovate in the upper
ones, 3-6 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, obtuse to subacute, with small deeply undulate teeth, the petioles 1-4 cm. long; flowers in fascicles or glomerules, these arranged in panicles; sepals obovate, about 1 mm. long, obtuse, with a broad green band, low- keeled in the middle; seeds flat, black, 1-1.3 mm. across, shining. Waste ground and cultivated fields in lowlands and hills; very common.

Temperate regions of Eurasia.

vr. centrorubrum Makino Leaves often deltoid-ovate, reddish mealy while young, tlie panicles somewhat looser; Rarely culti-vated, frequently naturalized in our area. India (?) or China (?).