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Chenopodium fremontii
Also called Frémont's goosefoot
Fremont's goosefoot is a low-growing annual herb of western North America, found from open desert to shaded forest. It is easy to grow from seed in most open, sunny spots and is valued as a wild food plant.
Chenopodium fremontii is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common name Frémont's goosefoot. Both the species' specific epithet, and the common name derive from the 19th century western pioneer John C. Frémont.
It is native to much of the western half of North America from Canada through California to Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat from open desert, to shady forest, at 700–3,100 metres (2,300–10,200 ft).
Many Native American tribes utilize this plant for food, the greens as a vegetable and the seeds as grain for bread and porridge.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium fremontii 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.
