CHENOPODIACEAE (GOOSEFOOT FAMILY) 111 
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. 
68.) 
Means of control 
Prevent seed production either by 
hand-pulling or by close cutting while & 
in bloom. 
OAK-LEAVED GOOSEFOOT 
Chenopodium glaicum, L. 
Introduced. Annual. Propagates by 
seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to September. 
Seed-time: August to November. Fig, 68.— Strawberry Blite 
Range: Throughout North America 
except the far North. 
Habitat: Cultivated ground; waste 
places. 
(Chenopodium capitatum). 
xi. 
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 smal] axillary clusters, usually not so long as tite 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. 
