Chenopodiaceae

Green molly

Neokochia americana (S.Watson) G.L.Chu & S.C.Sand.

Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Neokochia

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Green molly: gray molly, Kochia americana, White Mountains, elevation 1885 m — Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: هيشم حديث أمريكي
English: Green molly
German: Bassia americana
nv: Díwózhii yiltʼąąʼí

Synonyms

Kochia americana S.Watson
Kochia americana var. vestita S.Watson
Kochia vestita (S.Watson) Rydb.

Photos

Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.