Chenopodium rubrum L.

vernacular red goosefoot — species · Chenopodiaceae

USDA: CHRU
GBIF: 7751130 syn.
Rank: species

red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum) — Platephotograph · Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky)CC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Group: Dicot
Family: Chenopodiaceae Vent.
Genus: Chenopodium

§2a

Native status, by region

AK Alaska Introduced
CAN Canada Native
L48 Lower 48 States Native
SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 5 counties across 1 state

Legend Native · 5 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Low
Shade: High
Moisture use: High
Fire: None
Salinity: High
Anaerobic: High
CaCO₃: Low
Hedging: None

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: 52 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 80 min.
Precipitation: 20–60 in/yr
pH range: 6–8.5
Root depth: 8 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium, fine

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Crown
Growth rate: Rapid
Mature height: 3 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Porous
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Red
Fruit colour: Black
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Late Summer
Seed abundance: High
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 7,566,666
Propagation: seed

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: No Known Source
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Low
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Medium
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 5 counties across 1 state.

Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CHRU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7751130 ↗

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