PLANTS Profile for Bassia (smotherweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Bassia All.
smotherweed

Symbol:

BASSI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Kochia

R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Australia, W. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Bassia All.

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Synonyms:
Bassia All.

KOCHI

Kochia Roth

molly

Distribution:
Bassia All.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Bassia All.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Bassia americana (S. Watson) A.J. Scott. . Image Available.

Bassia americana
green molly

Distribution of Bassia californica (S. Watson) A.J. Scott. .

Bassia californica
rusty molly

Distribution of Bassia hirsuta (L.) Asch.. .

Bassia hirsuta
hairy smotherweed

Distribution of Bassia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Kuntz. . Image Available.

Bassia hyssopifolia
fivehorn smotherweed

Bassia iranica

Distribution of Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott. .

Bassia prostrata
forage kochia

Distribution of Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott. . Image Available.

Bassia scoparia
burningbush

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Bassia All.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Bassia All. – smotherweed

More Accounts and Images:
Bassia All.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20586.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 10:37 PM CDT