Chenopodiaceae
Forage kochia
Bassia prostrata
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Bassia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- قضقاض مفترش
- arz
- قضقاض مفترش
- Azerbaijani
- Sərilən əzgən
- Chinese
- 木地肤, 地肤子
- Czech
- Bytel rozprostřený
- English
- Forage kochia
- German
- Halbstrauch-Radmelde
- Hungarian
- Heverő seprűfű
- Japanese
- イトバホウキギ
- Mongolian
- Дэлхээ тогторгоно
- Russian
- Прутняк простертый
- Tatar
- Яткын чыбык үлән
Synonyms
- Chenolea lanata Jacq. ex Moq.
- Chenopodium augustanum All.
- Chenopodium camphoratifolium Pourr.
- Chenopodium camphorosmoides Moq.
- Chenopodium lineare Steud.
- Chenopodium sericeum Vitman
- Chenopodium villosum Moq.
- Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad.
- Kochia prostrata var. prostrata
- Kochia prostrata var. rubella Moq.
- Kochia suffruticulosa Less.
- Kochia toseffii (Urum.) Pénzes
- Salsola prostrata L.
- Salsola toseffi Urum.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Liliane Pessotto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sedano diez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Евгения, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: raphael dezan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Contented88, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms 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.