Chenopodiaceae
Green molly
Bassia americana
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Bassia
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Bassia americanaChenopodiaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Green molly
- German
- Neokochia americana
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.