Chenopodiaceae
Pitseed goosefoot
Chenopodium berlandieri
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Dutch
- Texaanse ganzenvoet
- English
- Pitseed goosefoot
- Finnish
- Teksasinsavikka
- German
- Berlandiers Gänsefuß
- Macedonian
- Берландјеова дива лобода
- Welsh
- Troed-yr-ŵydd Berlandier
Synonyms
- Botrys berlandieri (Moq.) Nieuwl.
- Chenopodium album var. berlandieri (Moq.) Mack. & Bush
- Chenopodium berlandieri f. angustius A.Ludw. ex Graebn.
- Chenopodium berlandieri f. ficifoliforme A.Ludw. ex Graebn.
- Chenopodium berlandieri f. grossidentatum Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri f. latifolium A.Ludw. ex Graebn.
- Chenopodium berlandieri f. sinuatum Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri f. subhastatum A.Ludw. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. esauae Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. ludwigianum Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae (Saff.) H.D.Wilson & Heiser
- Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. pseudopetiolare Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. yucatanum Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. coloradense Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. foetens Aellen
- Chenopodium berlandieri var. opulifoliforme Aellen
- Chenopodium texanum Murr
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June, August to September (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Martín Sánchez Vilchis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Cowles, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.