Chenopodium berlandieri var. sinuatum

Pitseed goosefoot

Family: Chenopodiaceae · Type: annual · Native

Pitseed goosefoot is a California native annual found in the California Floristic Province and Desert bioregions in disturbed areas, fields, and riverbanks at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small, inconspicuous flowers in dense clusters. Growing with branching stems up to 50 centimeters tall, it forms a spreading, somewhat open habit. Its leaves are variable, with lower leaves often triangular or roughly diamond-shaped, and upper leaves becoming smaller and more lance-shaped. The tiny seeds are approximately 1 to 1.3 millimeters in diameter, giving the plant its distinctive "pitseed" common name.

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, riverbanks

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: CA-FP, D

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.