PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium atrovirens (pinyon goosefoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.
pinyon goosefoot

Symbol:

CHAT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.

	CHAR14	Chenopodium aridum A. Nelson
	CHFRA	Chenopodium fremontii S. Watson var. atrovirens (Rydb.) Fosberg
	CHWO2	Chenopodium wolfii Rydb.

Native Status:
Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NM, NV, OR, SC, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 51 species in Chenopodium

Classification:
Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.

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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 atrovirens Rydb. – pinyon goosefoot

More Accounts and Images:
Chenopodium atrovirens Rydb.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20593.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 08:51 AM CDT