Chenopodium berlandieri
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Chenopodium berlandieri, also called Pitseed Goosefoot, Southern Huauzontle, and Lambsquarters, is a species of goosefoot native to North America, where it is very common in temperate regions and distributed throughout much of the continent.[1]
It is a fast-growing, upright, weedy annual plant growing to 10–105 cm tall. The leaves are variable in shape, roughly triangular, 1.2-12 cm (rarely 15 cm) long and 0.5-7 cm (rarely 9 cm) broad.[1]
The species includes the following varieties:[1]
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. bushianum (Bush's goosefoot)
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. sinuatum
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii (Zschack's goosefoot)
It is capable of hybridizing with the related introduced European Chenopodium album, which it resembles, giving the hybrid C. × variabile Aellen.[2]
Although widely regarded today as a weed, this species was once part of the Eastern Agricultural Complex of prehistoric North America, and was a fully domesticated pseudocereal crop, similar to the closely related quinoa C. quinoa.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Flora of North America: Chenopodium berlandieri
- ^ Flora of North America: Chenopodium album
[edit] Further reading
- Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L., Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2
