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Leaves.—Oblanceolate or lanceolate; sinuately toothed or irregularly pinnatifid; two to four inches long.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Leaves 4 to 6 in. long, sinuately cut into 5 to 7 roundish, divergent lobes, the upper ones much larger and often 1- to 3-notched, grayish-or yellowish-downy beneath, and pale and rough above.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Flowers in small heads, in the axils or in terminal spikes; leaves sinuately toothed or nearly entire Strawberry Blite, Chenopodium capitatum. 9b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Leaves on short footstalks, oblong, smooth, dilated upward, sinuately lobed, hardly pinnatifid.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Fronds one to three feet high, scattered along a creeping rootstock, broadly triangular, deeply pinnatifid, with segments sinuately lobed or nearly entire.

From The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada by Tilton, George Henry