Chenopodiaceae
Avian goosefoot
Chenopodium hircinum
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Czech
- Merlík kozlí
- English
- Avian goosefoot
- Finnish
- Pukinsavikka
- Slovenian
- Kozja metlika
- Welsh
- Troed-yr-ŵydd drycsawrus
Synonyms
- Chenopodium bonariense Ten.
- Chenopodium ficifolium f. angustifolium (A.Ludw.) Aellen
- Chenopodium ficifolium f. deminutum (A.Ludw.) Aellen
- Chenopodium ficifolium f. multidentatum (A.Ludw.) Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum f. acutatum A.Ludw. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Chenopodium hircinum f. angustifolium (Ludw.) Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum f. angustifolium A.Ludw.
- Chenopodium hircinum f. deminutum (Ludw.) Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum f. deminutum A.Ludw.
- Chenopodium hircinum f. microphyllum Thell. ex Parodi
- Chenopodium hircinum f. microphyllum Thell.
- Chenopodium hircinum f. multidentatum (Ludw.) Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum f. multidentatum A.Ludw.
- Chenopodium hircinum f. purpureum Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum f. subtrilobum (Issler) Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum subsp. catamarcensis Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum subsp. hircinum
- Chenopodium hircinum subsp. milleanum (Aellen) Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum var. andinum Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum var. crataeginum A.Ludw. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Chenopodium hircinum var. densum A.Ludw. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Chenopodium hircinum var. erectum A.Ludw. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Chenopodium hircinum var. rhombicum Aellen
- Chenopodium hircinum var. subtrilobum Issler
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Neuchâtel Herbarium, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, 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.