CHENOPODIACEAE (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY) 



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densely crowded, sessile clusters along 

 the upper part of the stem and branches 

 and in the lower axils ; calyx three- to 

 five-parted, becoming pulpy and deep 

 red when ripe, making the clusters look 

 like strawberries. Seed ovoid, slightly 

 flattened, smooth, dull black. (Fig. 



Means of control 



Prevent seed production either by 

 hand-pulling or by close cutting while 

 in bloom. 



OAK-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT 



Chenopddium glaiicum, L. 

 Introduced. Annual. Propagates by 



Time of bloom : June to September. 

 Seed-time: August to November. 

 Range: Throughout North America 



except the far North. 

 Habitat : Cultivated ground ; waste 



places. 



Like the White Goosefoot, this plant has accompanied the 

 European settler to every part of the world. Stem eight to twenty 

 inches high, rather stout, grooved, succulent, with numerous 

 spreading branches, the lowermost often prostrate on the ground, 

 glaucous, often mealy. Leaves oblong to lance-shaped, wavy- 

 toothed or partly pinnatifid, the lower ones obtuse at apex and 

 tapering to a slender petiole, the upper ones acute, often entire, 

 sessile or nearly so, pale green above and white-mealy beneath. 

 Flowers in small axillary clusters, usually not so long as the leaves, 

 crowded on short, spreading spikes. Seed dark brown, flattened, 

 sharp-edged, the utricle having its summit not completely cov- 

 ered by the calyx. 



Means of control the same as for the Smooth Pigweed. 



