Abstract
Four Himalayan chenopod cultivars (Chenopodium album L.) were investigated for their floral morphology and its possible role in seed formation. The gynomonoeicious plants bear three basic flower types viz., hermaphrodite, chlamydeous female and achlamydeous female which were further divisible into five types on the basis of their position, morphology and size. The proportion of these flower types in the floral clusters was found to be dependent on the location of a cluster in the inflorescence. Each inflorescence contained an average of 33% flowers that produced viable seeds, the rest being abortive. Implications of these results in seed polymorphism and crop agronomy of chenopods are also discussed.
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