Blitum L.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Russia, Chile South, China North-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Queensland, Québec, Romania, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Cape Provinces, Chita, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Kentucky, Krym, Maryland, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Rhode I., Sweden, Tasmania

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
• Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Chenopodium.]

Flora of Iraq

• L. Sp. Pl.: 4 (1753)