- Chenopodium chenopodioides
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Low Goosefoot
Caryophyllales
A flowering Low Goosefoot plant Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Chenopodium Species: C. chenopodioides Binomial name Chenopodium chenopodioides
(L.) AellenChenopodium chenopodioides is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name low goosefoot.
It is native to South America [1], but it is known in widespread parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America as an introduced species.[2]
It grows in wet non-saline and saline soils, such as mudflats, salt marshes, and lake margins.
It is an annual herb growing erect to heights approaching 35 to 45 centimeters, or prostrate in a creeping mat. It is green to magenta in color and non-aromatic. The leaves may be several centimeters long and vary in shape from smooth-edged and oval to triangular and lobed or toothed. The inflorescence is a small, dense cluster of tiny flowers, each flower with its three-lobed calyx enclosing the developing fruit.
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