Chenopodiaceae
Red goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
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Chenopodium rubrumChenopodiaceae
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Common names
By language (30)
- Belarusian
- Лебяда чырвоная
- Bulgarian
- Червена куча лобода
- Catalan
- Ansérine rouge
- Chinese
- 紅葉藜, 红叶藜, 大叶藜
- Czech
- Merlík červený
- Danish
- Rød Gåsefod
- Dutch
- Rode ganzenvoet
- English
- Red goosefoot, Alkali blite, Coastblite goosefoot, Red pigweed
- Estonian
- Punane hanemalts
- Finnish
- Punasavikka
- French
- Ansérine rouge, Chénopode comprimé, Chénopode rouge, Patte d'oie rouge
- German
- Roter Gänsefuß, Roter Gänsefuss, Ansérine rouge
- Greek
- Χηνοπόδιο το ερυθρό
- hsb
- Čerwjena pólšica
- Irish
- Blonagán dearg
- Italian
- Chenopodio rosso
- Japanese
- アカザ
- Latvian
- Sarkanā balanda
- Lithuanian
- Ansérine rouge
- Macedonian
- Црвена дива лобода
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rødmelde, Raudmelde
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Raudmelde
- Polish
- Komosa czerwonawa
- Portuguese
- Chenopodio verde-negro, Herva-armuelles
- Russian
- Марь красная
- Slovenian
- Rdeča metlika
- Spanish
- Cenizo rojo
- Swedish
- Rödmålla, Ansérine rouge
- Ukrainian
- Лобода червона
- Welsh
- Troed-yr-ŵydd coch
Synonyms
- Agathophytum rubrum (L.) Rchb.
- Blitum acuminatum Schur
- Blitum maritimum Nutt.
- Blitum polymorphum C.A.Mey.
- Blitum polymorphum var. humile (Hook.) Moq.
- Blitum polymorphum var. rubrum (L.) Beck
- Blitum rubrum (L.) C.A.Mey.
- Blitum rubrum (L.) Rchb.
- Blitum rubrum var. crassicaule Moq.
- Blitum rubrum var. humile (Hook.) Moq.
- Blitum rubrum var. hypoleucum Speg.
- Blitum rubrum var. macrospermum (Hook.f.) Speg.
- Botrys humilis (Hook.) Lunell
- Botrys rubra (L.) Lunell
- Chenopodium acuminatum Schur
- Chenopodium astracanium Ledeb.
- Chenopodium blitoides Lej.
- Chenopodium humile Hook.
- Chenopodium macrocarpum var. elongatum P.Y.Fu & W.Wang
- Chenopodium macrocarpum var. microstachyum P.Y.Fu & W.Wang
- Chenopodium macrocarpum var. rubrum P.Y.Fu & W.Wang
- Chenopodium macrospermum Moq.
- Chenopodium matthioli Bertol. ex Moq.
- Chenopodium patulum Mérat
- Chenopodium pygmaeum Menyh.
- Chenopodium rubrum f. humile (Hook.) Graebn.
- Chenopodium rubrum subsp. humile (Hook.) Hultén
- Chenopodium rubrum subsp. humile (Hook.) Aellen
- Chenopodium rubrum var. humile (Hook.) S.Watson
- Chenopodium rubrum var. rubrum
- Chenopodium rubrum var. zachae F.Dvorák
- Orthospermum rubrum (L.) Opiz
- Orthosporum rubrum (L.) T.Nees
- Oxybasis rubra (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
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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.