PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium (pitseed goosefoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist
pitseed goosefoot

Symbol:

CHBEM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I?

More Information:

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Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

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Synonyms:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

CHMA6

Chenopodium macrocalycium Aellen

Distribution:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, FL, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA), CAN (NB, NS, PE)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 51 species in Chenopodium, 8 subspecies and varieties in Chenopodium berlandieri Moq.

Classification:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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	Chenopodium L. – goosefoot
Species	Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. – pitseed goosefoot
Variety	Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist – pitseed goosefoot

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
Chenopodium berlandieri
Bosc's goosefoot		Special Concern
New York:
large calyx goosefoot		Endangered

U.S. Weed Information:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

Chenopodium berlandieri
netseed lambsquarters
pitseed goosefoot

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS

Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Introduced Information:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. macrocalycium (Aellen) Cronquist

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531008.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 11:48 PM CDT