Scientific Family
Chenopodiaceae
Other common names
netseed lambsquarters
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Annual
Similar species
Chenopodium album
Height
1 to 6 feet
Riparian
No
An extremely variable, weedy plant which is much branched and often has pink or purple leaves.
Green herbage moderately covered with meal-like particles without glands, flattened seeds, a pitted outer wall of the fruit and meal-like particles on the calyx distinguish this from other Chenopodium species.
Habitat
A herbaceous plant which is extremely competitive because of its rapid growth. Prefers open and disturbed areas.
Plant Community
Desert Scrub
Disturbed Areas
Interior Chaparral
Montane Conifer Forest
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Grasslands
Low elevation
0
High elevation
8900
Flower Characteristics
Flowers are small with 5 distinct sepals and no petals in many rounded clusters on elongated spikes.
Flower color
Greenish-gray
Flower shape
Inconspicuous
Tubular
No
First bloom month
July
Last bloom month
October
Flower clusters
Elongated
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Lower leaves have wavy to lobed margins and the upper leaves are narrower. Under surface of the leaves is white to gray.
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf color
Green
Leaf shape
Round or oval
Leaf margin
Lobed
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Fruit type
Achene
Fruit color
Dark brown to black
Round seeds have a honeycomb pitted surface which gives the plant its common name.