Chenopodium capitatum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi

Blite goosefoot, Strawberry blite

2009 Barry Breckling

2010 Louis-M. Landry

2013 Ron Wolf

2013 John Doyen

Chenopodium capitatum is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~10 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. capitatum ... var. parvicapitatum
Genus:	Chenopodium
Family:	Chenopodiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


iNat	Blitum capitatum var. hastatum
PLANTS	Blitum capitatum

Information about Chenopodium capitatum from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CHCA4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).