PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium polyspermum (manyseed goosefoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Chenopodium polyspermum L.
manyseed goosefoot

Symbol:

CHPO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Chenopodium polyspermum L.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 11. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Distribution:
Chenopodium polyspermum L.


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USA (CA, CO, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VT, WI), CAN (BC, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium polyspermum L.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 50 species in Chenopodium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Chenopodium polyspermum var. acutifolium
manyseed goosefoot

Chenopodium polyspermum var. obtusifolium
manyseed goosefoot

Chenopodium polyspermum var. polyspermum

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Chenopodium polyspermum L.

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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	Chenopodium L. – goosefoot
Species	Chenopodium polyspermum L. – manyseed goosefoot

Introduced Information:
Chenopodium polyspermum L.

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 polyspermum L.

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 20628.

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

Related Web Sites:
Chenopodium polyspermum L.

Weed Science Society of America

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 04:58 AM MDT