goosefoots

genus Chenopodium

Member of saltbush subfamily (subfamily Chenopodioideae)
amaranth family (family Amaranthaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

There are no other wild species of this genus in the bay area.

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large-seed goosefoot
Chenopodium macrospermum

• leaf blade thick to fleshy, margin generally serrate, abaxially ± densely powdery but becoming glabrous in age
• all others have Leaf plade thin, margin entire or toothed, generally glabrous

nettle-leaved goosefoot
Chenopodiastrum murale

• primary leaves not fleshy
• all leaves toothed
• leaves glaucous in youth, especially abaxially, becoming glabrous and shiny with age
• inflorescence a panicle or single flower

common lamb’s-quarters
Chenopodium album

• primary leaves not fleshy
• proximal leaves irregularly toothed
• leaves glabrous adaxially
• leaves glaucous abaxially
• inflorescence a branched spike or single flower

pitseed goosefoot
Chenopodium berlandieri

• primary leaves not fleshy
• all leaves irregularly toothed or entire
• all leaves glaucous
• inflorescence a branched spike

desert goosefoot
Chenopodium pratericola

• primary leaves fleshy
• leaf blade ≥ 3× longer than wide

stinking goosefoot
Chenopodium vulvaria

• primary leaves fleshy
• leaf blade < 2× longer than wide
• plant ill-smelling

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6 unobserved taxons / 1 key

Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora