Chenopodium leptophyllum
Narrowleaf goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae · Type: annual · Native
Narrowleaf goosefoot is a California native annual found in southern North Coast Ranges, central and southern Sierra Nevada, White and Inyo Mountains, and northern Mojave Desert in open, gravelly scrub habitats at elevations of 300 to 3,200 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small, inconspicuous flowers in widely spaced clusters. Growing with branched stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it develops from the base with a delicate, open structure. Its leaves are distinctive, featuring narrow linear blades 8 to 25 millimeters long, typically less than 3.5 millimeters wide, with a powdery appearance on the underside. The tiny fruits are white or yellowish, approximately 0.5 to 0.7 millimeters in diameter, with a loosely attached wall and a black, finely netted seed.
Habitat: Open, gravelly soils, scrub
Bloom period: Jul-Sep
Elevation: 300-3200 m
Bioregions: s NCoRH, c&s SN, W&I, n DMoj
California counties: San Bernardino, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Inyo, Mono, Modoc, Tulare, Stanislaus, Lassen, Madera, Siskiyou, Riverside, Sierra, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.