General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 1 to 2 feet
Leaves: Other: Strongly toothed or lobed, green, often tinged red on both upper and lower surface
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Red Goosefoot
  • Coastblite Goosefoot
  • Red Pigweed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Oxybasis rubra
  • Synonym: Chenopodium rubrum

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