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Oxybasis chenopodioides
Also called Saltmarsh goosefoot
Saltmarsh goosefoot is a small annual herb, usually under 30 cm tall, that grows on bare, salty mud in coastal and inland salt habitats. It thrives on saline, moist, open ground and is easily confused with red goosefoot.
Oxybasis chenopodioides (syn. Chenopodium chenopodioides) is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common name saltmarsh goosefoot (or low goosefoot in America). It is native to Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, where it grows on bare mud in brackish hollows in coastal grassland, inland salt steppes and salty deserts. It has spread to similar habitats in both North and South America. Its habitat is an uncommon one and is threatened by agricultural improvement in many areas, but overall its populations are stable. This species often grows with, and is easily confused with the closely related red goosefoot.
Saltmarsh goosefoot is native to southern Europe, Asia and parts of North Africa, and widely established throughout the Americas. In central to southern Africa it is known from Kenya, Burundi, Namibia and South Africa and it has recently been added to the flora of the Congo from a specimen collected in 1914. It is thought to have been carried to this region by migrating birds, which would make it a native species there, albeit on the edge of its range.
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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.
