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Chenopodium leptophyllum
Also called Narrow Leaf Goosefoot, Narrowleaved Goosefoot, Narrow Leaved Goosefoot, Slim Leaved Goosefoot, Narrowleaf Lambsquarters, Slimleaf Goosefoot, Slimleaf Lambsquarters
Narrowleaf goosefoot is a native North American annual weed of open, sandy or gravelly ground and disturbed sites such as roadsides. It is grown mainly as a wild or foraged plant, so it needs little more than full sun and well-drained soil if you want it in a garden.
Chenopodium leptophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common name narrowleaf goosefoot.
It is native to much of western North America, where it is reported from Alaska to Texas and northern Mexico, and into central Canada. It can be found in many types of open habitats, often in sandy and gravelly soils, and it grows easily in disturbed areas such as roadsides.
Among the Zuni people, the young plants boiled alone or with meat and used for food. The ground seeds are mixed with corn meal and salt, made into a stiff batter, formed into balls and steamed. The seeds are to be considered among the most important food plants when the Zuni reached this world.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium leptophyllum 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.
