Chenopodiaceae
Crested goosefoot
Dysphania cristata
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Dysphania
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Crested goosefoot, Crested crumbweed
- German
- Neobotrydium cristatum
- Swedish
- Kammålla
Synonyms
- Blitum cristatum F.Muell.
- Chenopodium cristatum (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Russell Best, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nina Kerr, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nina Kerr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Russell Best, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lachlan Copeland, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.