Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Section: Common Name: Scientific Name: Family:
Account for Narrowleaf Goosefoot - Chenopodium leptophyllum   (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.
Members of Chenopodium with account distribution info or public map:
Google Images
Section 6 » Family Chenopodiaceae
Author(Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Wats.
DistributionAccording to FNA (2003), this entity (C. leptophyllum or C. dessicatum var. leptophyllum) does not occur in NC or anywhere on the East Coast. It is western and midwestern.
Abundance
Habitat
Phenology
Identification
Taxonomic CommentsMembers of the genus are often found in saline to brackish sites, but also fallow fields, waste lots, and other highly disturbed places. Each flower produces male and female parts plus a calyx; they are very small and not at all showy. Weakley's (2018) key must be used with care, and a dissecting scope is almost essential for successful identification.
Other Common Name(s)
State RankSE *
Global RankG5
State Status
US Status
County Map - click on a county to view source of record.