Chenopodium chenopodioides

Low goosefoot

Family: Chenopodiaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Low goosefoot is a naturalized annual found in northern California coastal ranges, Sierra Nevada, San Bernardo Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, and Great Basin in saline soils, drying ponds, and mudflats at elevations below 2,500 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces tiny green flowers in dense axillary clusters approximately 3 to 4 millimeters in diameter. Growing with prostrate to erect stems 4 to 35 centimeters tall, it forms a densely branched structure that spreads across disturbed ground. Its leaves are diamond-shaped to triangular, 8 to 35 millimeters long, with entire or occasionally irregular tooth-like edges. The fruit is small, less than 1 millimeter in diameter, with a wall that separates easily from the seed.

Habitat: Saline soils, drying ponds, mudflats

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: < 2500 m

Bioregions: NCoRO, SN, SnBr, PR, GB

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