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Chenopodium pratericola
Also called Narrowleaf goosefoot, Narrow Leaf Goosefoot, Meadow Goosefoot, Narrow Leaved Goosefoot, Slim Leaved Lamb's Quarters, Slim Leaved Lamb’s Quarters
Desert goosefoot is a wild annual herb in the goosefoot family, native to western and central North America, where it grows in open, often alkaline, sagebrush habitats. It is a weedy wildflower rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so it is best left in natural or restored open ground.
Chenopodium pratericola is a species of flowering plant in the goosefoot family known by the common name desert goosefoot. It is native to much of western and central North America, where it grows in many types of open habitat, such as sagebrush, often on alkaline soils.
It is an annual herb growing up to 65 to 75 centimeters tall, sometimes branching. It is powdery in texture, especially on the leaves and flowers. The leaves are oval to lance-shaped and some are lobed. The inflorescences are located in leaf axils and in panicles at the end of the stem. Each is a small, dense cluster of tiny flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium pratericola 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.
