Calflora Taxon Report
Chenopodium rubrum L.
Red goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Alternate Names and Sources:
Oxybasis rubraiNat
Oxybasis rubraPOWO
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Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS
Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot

Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Chenopodium: from the Greek chen, "goose," and pous, "foot," or podion, "a little foot," referring to the shape of the leaves in some species

rubrum: from the Latin ruber or rubra meaning "red"

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