Chenopodiaceae
Leafy goosefoot
Blitum virgatum
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Blitum
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- يربوز
- Bulgarian
- Свинска ягода
- Chinese
- 球花藜
- Czech
- Merlík listnatý
- Danish
- Aks-Jordbærspinat
- Dutch
- Rode Aardbeispinazie
- English
- Leafy goosefoot, Strawberry goosefoot
- Estonian
- Vits-hanemalts
- Finnish
- Marjasavikka
- French
- Espinard fraise, Épinard fraise, Épinard-fraise en baguette
- German
- Durchblätterter Erdbeerspinat, Echter Erdbeerspinat, Erdbeerspinat
- hsb
- Łopjenata pólšica
- Italian
- Spinaccio fragola
- Latvian
- Lapainā balanda
- Malayalam
- ലീഫി ഗൂസ് ഫൂട്ട്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bærmelde
- Russian
- Марь многолистная, Blitium foliosum, Жминда, Жминда обыкновенная, Земляничный шпинат, Шпинат земляничный, Шпинат многолистный, Шпинат-малина
- Slovenian
- Plehkotna metlika
- Swedish
- Bärmålla
Synonyms
- Chenopodium blitum (L.) F.Muell.
- Chenopodium blitum Hook.f.
- Chenopodium foliosum Asch.
- Chenopodium foliosum var. virgatum (L.) Maire & Weiller
- Chenopodium virgatum (L.) Ambrosi
- Monocarpus foliosus Moench
- Morocarpus foliosus Moench
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 99 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: coniver, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper NL, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper NL, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper NL, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Blitum
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- Blitum petiolareChenopodiaceae
- Over's goosefootBlitum hastatumChenopodiaceae
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- Blitum korshinskyiChenopodiaceae
- Blitum asiaticumChenopodiaceae
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). About our plant data.