| Low Goosefoot Caryophyllales |
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|---|---|
| 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.) Aellen |
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Chenopodium 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.