PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium leptophyllum (narrowleaf goosefoot)

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Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson
narrowleaf goosefoot

Symbol:

CHLE4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		I?
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

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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Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

CHALL3

Chenopodium album L. var. leptophyllum Moq.

Distribution:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, LA, MT, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, MB, NS, NT, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 50 species in Chenopodium

Classification:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

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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 leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson – narrowleaf goosefoot

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

This plant is 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.

Ohio:
slender goosefoot		Presumed Extirpated
Rhode Island:
goosefoot		Special Concern

U.S. Weed Information:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

narrowleaf goosefoot
slimleaf lambsquarters

This plant 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.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

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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Wetland Indicator Status:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

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Reg. 0

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UPL,FAC

FAC

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UPL

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UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson

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 20616.

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

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 11:22 PM MDT