Plants Profile for Chenopodium berlandieri (pitseed goosefoot)

General Information
Symbol:	CHBE4
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Chenopodiaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN I,N L48 N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 berlandieri Moq. – pitseed goosefoot

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 7 subspecies of Chenopodium berlandieri . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. var. <i>berlandieri </i>

Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri
pitseed goosefoot

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. var. <i>boscianum</i> (Moq.) Wahl

Chenopodium berlandieri var. boscianum
pitseed goosefoot

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. var. <i>bushianum</i> (Aellen) Cronquist

Chenopodium berlandieri var. bushianum
Bush's goosefoot

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. var. <i>macrocalycium</i> (Aellen) Cronquist

Chenopodium berlandieri var. macrocalycium
pitseed goosefoot

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. ssp. <i>nuttalliae</i> (Saff.) H.D. Wilson & Heiser

Chenopodium berlandieri ssp. nuttalliae
Nuttall's goosefoot

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. var. <i>sinuatum</i> (Murr) Wahl

Chenopodium berlandieri var. sinuatum
pitseed goosefoot

Distribution of <i>Chenopodium berlandieri</i> Moq. var. <i>zschackii</i> (Murr) Murr ex Asch.

Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii
Zschack's goosefoot

Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Maine Bosc's goosefoot Special Concern

U.S. Weed Information
Chenopodium berlandieri netseed lambsquarters pitseed goosefoot 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.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

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