PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium capitatum (blite goosefoot)

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PLANTS Profile

Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.
blite goosefoot

Symbol:

CHCA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

Blitum capitatum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 15. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

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Synonyms:
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

BLCA

Blitum capitatum L.

Distribution:
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 51 species in Chenopodium

Classification:
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

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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 capitatum (L.) Asch. – blite goosefoot

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

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.

Ohio:
strawberry-blite		Presumed Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Asch.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20599.

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

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 11:46 AM CDT