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Pinyon goosefoot

Chenopodium atrovirens

Also called Dark Goosefoot, Dark Lamb's Quarters, Dark Green Goosefoot

Pinyon goosefoot
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
SW. Canada to W. & C. U.S.A. and Mexico (N. Baja California), Bolivia
Climate
temperate

About

Chenopodium atrovirens is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common names pinyon goosefoot and dark goosefoot.

Where it grows

It is native to western North America, including southern Western Canada and most of the Western United States. It grows in many types of habitat, including open, sandy sites and disturbed areas, and in montane regions such as the Sierra Nevada, Peninsular Ranges, and Rocky Mountains.

Other Chenopodium plants

Fat-hen · Golden Goosefoot · Coastal Saltbush · Chenopodium benthamii · Pitseed goosefoot · Seaberry Saltbush · Cottony Saltbush · Sandhill goosefoot · Frosted Goosefoot · Aridland goosefoot · New Zealand fish-guts plant · Figleaf goosefoot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium atrovirens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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