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Chenopodium triandrum

Chenopodium triandrum
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0

Chenopodium triandrum is a low-growing, prostrate perennial shrub native to New Zealand, found on the main islands, the Kermadec Islands and the Chatham Islands. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care is based on its coastal and open-ground habitat.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry conditions well.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor, coastal soils.
Temperature
Suited to mild, temperate to subtropical conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. & C. New Zealand
Climate
subtropical

About

Chenopodium triandrum or pigweed is a species of flowering plant, endemic to New Zealand.

Where it grows

C. triandrum is found on New Zealand's main islands, as well as the Kermadec Islands and the Chatham Islands.

Other Chenopodium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium triandrum 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.

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