Grey Goosefoot

Nile region and Sinai.

Europe, Mediterranean region, Africa, Asia, introduced into north America.

Weeds of cultivation and waste ground.

Annual or short-lived perennial.

Many previous reports of Chenopodium opulifolium in North America were based on misidentifications. Determining its present occurrence and exact distribution in the New World requires special study.

Stems erect to ascending, usually much-branched, 0.2-0.7(-10) dm, densely farinose. Leaves non-aromatic; petiole 0.5-2(-3) cm, shorter than or equaling leaf blades; blade ovate to rhombic-ovate, 1-3.5(-4.5) × 1-3(-4) cm, base broadly cuneate to abruptly truncate, distinctly 3-lobed, margins dentate to ± entire, apex obtuse (rarely subacute), grayish, usually densely farinose on both surfaces. Inflorescences glomerules in terminal and lateral compound spikes, 2-19 cm; glomerules subglobose, 3-4 mm diam.; bracts absent. Flowers: perianth segments 5, distinct nearly to base; lobes ovate, ca. 1 × 1.1 mm, apex obtuse, densely farinose, keeled, covering fruit at maturity; stamens 5; stigmas 2, 0.2 mm. Utricles depressed-ovoid; pericarp nonadherent, smooth to indistinctly granulate. Seeds lenticular to compressed-subglobose, 0.8-1.25 mm diam.; seed coat black, smooth or faintly reticulate. 2n = 54.

introduced; Ont.; Ill., Ind., Md., N.C., Pa.; native s Europe, introduced occasionally in other parts of the world.

Almost cosmopolitan.

Fruiting late summer-fall.

Disturbed soils in open habitats; 0-200m.

Chenopodium opulifolium, the seaport goosefoot, is a species of annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae (pigweeds). They have a self-supporting growth form. They are associated with freshwater habitat and have simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 67 cm tall.