| Kochia scoparia, Schrad. Belvedere. Annual, erect, 3-5 ft., much-branched, more or less pyramidal: branches striate, slender, and close to the main st.: lvs. linear- lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 2-4 lines wide: fls. inconspicuous, green, in elongated clusters; perianth in fr. provided with very short, triangular, pointed appendages. Cent. Eu.—A plant sometimes grown in gardens for its fastigiate or pyramidal form; used sometimes for brooms. Probably not now grown to any extent in American gardens. | | Kochia scoparia, Schrad. Belvedere. Annual, erect, 3-5 ft., much-branched, more or less pyramidal: branches striate, slender, and close to the main st.: lvs. linear- lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, 2-4 lines wide: fls. inconspicuous, green, in elongated clusters; perianth in fr. provided with very short, triangular, pointed appendages. Cent. Eu.—A plant sometimes grown in gardens for its fastigiate or pyramidal form; used sometimes for brooms. Probably not now grown to any extent in American gardens. |