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Pitseed Goosefoot

Chenopodium berlandieri Moq.

Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

▲ seedlings

▲▼ young plants showing the pinkish coatings near growing points

▲▼ young plants showing the pinkish coatings near growing points

▲▼mature, flowering plants

leaves and stems

▲▼ inflorescences

 

Pitseed Goosefoot:

o        similar to common lambsquarters, with egg-shaped leaves with toothed margins on young plants, striped stems, powdery coatings on new growth and compact inflorescences

o       grows 2-5 feet tall or more, prefers fertile soils

o        young leaves  on some plants tend to have a more pinkish coating, rather than just whitish

o        seed has tiny pits in blackish outer covering

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