GOOSEFOOT FAMILY 



THE PLANT: stiff and prickly; dark green; somewhat erect 

 or spreading; ten inches to eighteen inches high; branched; 

 the branches freely divergent; the stem hairless or often 

 with short, stiff hairs. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; lanceolate; one inch long or less; 

 fleshy; the mid-vein at the apex continuing into a yellowish- 

 green prickle; the leaf swollen at the base; entire. 



THE FLOWERS: very small, single, in the axils of the leaves. 

 THE FRUIT: small and bladder-shaped. 



In the summer only a dark green, prickly plant of the 

 sea beaches, but in the fall, a glory of flaming red. 



Thirteen other members of the Goosefoot Family have 

 been reported. 



