Dysphania pumilio

Tasmanian goosefoot

Family: Chenopodiaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Tasmanian goosefoot is a naturalized annual found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, southern California coastal areas, Transverse Ranges, western Peninsular Ranges, and Modoc Plateau in disturbed areas at elevations below 3,000 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces small, dense spherical flower clusters approximately 3 to 6 millimeters in diameter. Growing prostrate to ascending with glandular stems 12 to 45 centimeters long, it spreads in low, sprawling patches. Its leaves are elliptic to lanceolate, 4 to 25 millimeters long, with coarsely wavy-toothed edges and glandular undersides. The tiny fruits are less than 0.5 millimeters in diameter with smooth walls that adhere closely to the seed.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: < 3000 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR, SN, GV, SnFrB, SCo, TR, w PR, MP

California counties: Riverside, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, El Dorado, Orange, Marin, Trinity, Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Tehama, Shasta, Placer, Yuba, Lake, Napa, Colusa, Glenn, Fresno, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Lassen, Humboldt, Mendocino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Inyo, San Diego, Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Siskiyou, Alpine, Monterey

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