Chenopodium pratericola is a species of flowering plant in the goosefoot family known by the common name desert goosefoot. It is native to much of western and central North America, where it grows in many types of open habitat, such as sagebrush, often on alkaline soils.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Desert goosefoot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chenopodium leptophyllum
- Chenopodium berlandieri
- Chenopodium atrovirens
- Chenopodium striatiforme
- Chenopodium standleyanum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Species
- Chenopodium pratericola
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