PLANTS Profile for Bassia prostrata (forage kochia)

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PLANTS Profile

Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott
forage kochia

Symbol:

BAPR5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Synonym Information:

KOPR80: Characteristics
KOPR80: Plant Guide (pdf) (doc)

Images:
Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott

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Synonyms:
Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott

	KOPR80	Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad.		prostrate summercypress
	KOPRV2	Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad. var. villosissima Bong. & C.A. Mey.

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


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USA (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 7 species in Bassia

Classification:
Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott

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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
Species	Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott – forage kochia

Introduced Information:
Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Bassia prostrata (L.) A.J. Scott

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

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 06:56 AM MDT