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Chenopodium desiccatum
Also called Slimleaf Goosefoot, Goosefoot, Dried Goosefoot, Dry Goosefoot, Narrow Leaved Goosefoot, Slim Leaf Goosefoot, Small Leaved Lamb's Quarters
Aridland goosefoot is a small, powdery annual herb native to western North America that grows in open prairie, dunes, chaparral and disturbed ground such as roadsides. It is a wild species with little cultivation history, so care is mainly about tolerating dry, open, sunny sites.
Chenopodium desiccatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common names aridland goosefoot
and slimleaf goosefoot.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium desiccatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
