Flower ID: IMG_5263.JPG-09-13-2020 Flower name (scientific): Chenopodium pratericola Rydberg PY: 1912. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ken-oh-POH-dee-um pra-ter-i-KO-la Flower name (common): Desert Goosefoot Family name (common): Amaranth Family name (scientific): Amaranthaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek chen for goose and pous for foot, or podion a little foot, hence goose-foot or little goose-foot, referring to the shape of the leaves. Specific epithet: From Latin for of meadows or grassy places. Common name origin: Refers to one of the habitats where the species occurs, growing in alkaline sandy or rocky soil. Goosefoot comes from the genus name referencing the leaf shape resembling a goose's foot. Flower description: Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches (3 to 5 mm) Petal count: 0 (5 parted) Color: green Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 6 to 39 inches (15 to 99 cm) Stem hairy: moderately to densely white-mealy. Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Leaves about 1 to 6 cm long and about 5 to 14 mm wide. Color: Upper surface mostly medium green, lower surface whitish appearance, Hairy: Glabrous, upper surface sparsely to not white-mealy, lower surface sparsely to densely white-mealy. Other: Shape: leaf, linear to narrowly lanceolate, or oblong-elliptic (FNA), narrowly oblong to lanceolate-oblong (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): July to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Prairies, disturbed areas, edges of woods, streambanks, sun or part shade. Fruit: Pericarp dark brown, not strongly attached to the seed. Seed: Back, shiny, circular in outline, about 0.9 to 1.3 mm in diameter. Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): See the notes for Chenopodium album for some general comments. For C. pratericola the seeds are black, round, about 1 mm in diameter, and rugulate (finely wrinkled). Leaves have 3 veins, whereas a common form of C. album has single-veined leaves. Another species with 3-veined leaves is Chenopodium desiccatum, but the limit of its eastern range is restricted to South Dakota, Nebraska, and Missouri. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Pima used the plant as a food source (Moerman, p. 156, 1998). Latitude: 44.798050 Longitude: -91.512818 Altitude: 239.10 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Buffalo, Burnett, Columbia, Dane, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Marquette, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Trempealeau, Waupaca, Waushara) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 2 homotypic synonyms for this species. Heterotypic Synonym(s): POWO lists 9 heterotypic synonyms for this species. Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed