Bugseed (Corispermum)
Bugseed Genus Details
Bugseed is in the same family as lambsquarters. Bugseed is found in fields, pastures, road sides and waste places. Leave are alternate, simple and rough feeling. Flowers are inconspicuous and green. Flowers are wind pollinated and occur mainly in mid to late summer.
Bugseed Allergy Info
This genus is usually considered only a minor cause of allergic reactions. The western region is most prone to pollinosis due to higher plant populations. In the eastern U.S. pollen production levels are below effective level, so low pollinosis seen.
Bugseed Pollen Description
The pollen grains of these families are spheroidal and pantoporate; the pores 20-65 per grain, usually circular, either globally distributed or in luminoid areas separated by muroid ridges; and the opercular granular. The sexine is often tegillate, undulating with a granular surface that is spinulose. The nexine is as thick as or often thinner than the sexine and the intine is generally thick or indistinct.
The pollen grains are 14-50 micrometers in diameter.
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This plant is a member of the Chenopodiaceae pollen type group. This chenopod pollen grain photo represents all members of this group.
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This plant is a member of the Chenopodiaceae pollen type group. This chenopod pollen grain photo represents all members of this group.
Species in This Genus
Allergenicity Legend:
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Moderate Allergen |
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Allergy Test Available
Mild Allergen |
Moderate Allergen |
Severe Allergen |
Allergy Test Available
Bugseed (Corispermum) is a genus of the CHENOPODIACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
This genus includes the following allergenic species:
