Chenopodium strictum var. glaucophyllum

White leaved goosefoot

Family: Chenopodiaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

White leaved goosefoot is a naturalized annual found in central California, including the Sierra Nevada, Great Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, southern California, and desert mountains at elevations below 1,700 meters in open, disturbed places. Flowering from August to October, this plant produces white-margined flowers in simple and occasionally branched spikes. Growing with ascending proximal branches 45 to 100 centimeters tall, it has an upright and somewhat open structure. Its leaves are 15 to 25 millimeters long, lanceolate to lance-oblong with nearly parallel sides, finely serrated, and tapering to a truncate base with an obtuse tip. The small horizontal seeds are approximately 1.2 millimeters in diameter, with a black, smooth, and shiny seed coat.

Habitat: Open, disturbed places

Bloom period: Aug-Oct

Elevation: < 1700 m

Bioregions: CaRF, SN, GV, SnFrB, SCoRO, SCo, SnBr, DMtns (uncommon)

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