Chenopodiaceae

Goosefoot Family

Allenrolfea occidentalis.  IODINE BUSH.  Subshrub or shrub.  Throughout region at 5000 feet or lower [McD].

Atriplex argentea var. argentea.  SILVERSCALE SALTBUSH.  SILVER ORACH.  Annual.  Range map shows this taxon in the northeastern corner of the state [FNA-4].

Atriplex argentea var. mohavensis.  MOHAVE ORACH.  Annual.  Range map shows this taxon in the northeastern corner of the state [FNA-4].

Atriplex argentea var. rydbergii.  RYDBERG'S ORACH.  Annual.  Range map shows this taxon in the FAR northeastern corner of the state [FNA-4].

Atriplex canescens.  FOUR-WING SALTBUSH.  Shrub.  Throughout region at up to 7100 feet [McD].

Atriplex confertifolia.  SHADSCALE.  SHADSCALE SALTBUSH.  Shrub.  Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 2200-5500 feet [McD].

Atriplex elegans.  WHEELSCALE SALTBUSH.  Annual.  Southeastern Yavapai County, near where state highway 93 crosses into Mohave County [McD].

Atriplex garrettii.  GARRETT'S SALTBUSH.  Shrub.  Vicinity of Lee's Ferry, northern Coconino County at ca. 3500 feet [McD].

Atriplex garrettii var. navahoensis (=Atriplex navajoensis).  NAVAJO SALTBUSH.  NAVAJO BRIDGE SALTBUSH.  Shrub.  Northern Coconino County [McD].

Atriplex hymenelytra.  DESERT-HOLLY.  Shrub.  Mohave County below 1000 feet [McD].

Atriplex lentiformis ssp. lentiformis.  QUAIL BUSH.  BIG SALTBUSH.  Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, at 4000 feet or lower [McD].

Atriplex obovata.  MOUND SALTBUSH.  Subshrub.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 3500-5000 feet [McD].

Atriplex polycarpa.  DESERT SALTBUSH.  CATTLE SALTBUSH.  Perennial.  Reported in Mohave County, at 3500 feet or lower [McD].

Atriplex powellii.  POWELL'S SALTWEED.  POWELL'S ORACH.  Annual.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5000-6600 feet [McD].

Atriplex prostrata (=Atriplex patula ssp. hastata).  TRIANGLE ORACHE.  Annual.  Coconino and Navajo counties, 4500-5000 feet [McD].

Atriplex rosea.  REDSCALE.  TUMBLING SALTWEED.  Annual.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 1000-7100 feet [McD].

Atriplex saccaria.  SACK SALTBUSH.  Annual.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4500-6000 feet [McD].

Atriplex wrightii.  WRIGHT'S SALTBUSH.  Annual.  Yavapai and Coconino counties, 3000-7000 feet [McD].

Bassia hyssopifolia.  SMOTHERWEED.  FIVEHORN SMOTHERWEED.  Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 4500-6500 feet [McD].

Chenopodium album.  LAMBS-QUARTERS.  Annual.  Probably throughout region, but sometimes may be confused with Chenopodium berlandieri [McD].

Chenopodium atrovirens.  PINYON GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Reported from Apache County [McD].

Chenopodium berlandieri.  PITSEED GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Probably throughout region, but "often very difficult to distinguish" from Chenopodium album [McD].

Chenopodium botrys.  JERUSALEM-OAK.  JERUSALEM OAK GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Yavapai and Coconino counties, 3000-6000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium capitatum.  STRAWBERRY-BLIGHT.  BLITE GOOSEFOOT.  Coconino and Apache counties, 7000-10,000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium desiccatum.  ARIDLAND GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Probably present through most of region, 1500-8000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium fremontii.  FREMONT'S GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Throughout region at 2500-9000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium graveolens (=Chenopodium graveolens var. neomexicanum).  FETID GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Throughout region at 3300-9000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium hians. (=Chenopodium incognitum) HIANS GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Reported from Coconino County, 5000-7000 feet; Chenopodium incognitum, here considered a synonym, reported from Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties at 6000-8000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium incanum.  MEALY GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Mohave, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 3000-6000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium leptophyllum.  NARROWLEAF GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-7000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium murale.  NETTLE-LEAF GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Coconino County, and "likely to be found in Mohave and Yavapai counties," 650-8000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium rubrum.  RED GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Coconino and Apache counties, 8500-9000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium salinum (=Chenopodium glaucum ssp. salinum).  ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Reported from Navajo and Apache counties, at 5000-6000 feet [McD].

Chenopodium watsonii.  WATSON'S GOOSEFOOT.  Annual.  Throughout region at 1000-7000 feet [McD].

Corispermum americanum var. rydbergii (=Corispermum hyssopifolium; Corispermum nitidum [misapplied?]).  AMERICAN BUGSEED.  Annual.  Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-7000 feet [McD].  It is unclear if the name Corispermum nitidum has any validity in Arizona. USDA shows this introduced species as known only from New York state, with the name misapplied elsewhere in lieu of the valid name C. a. var. rydbergii.  McD uses both C. hyssopifolium and C. nitidum and has the latter ranging throughout the region at 3300-7000 feet.

Cycloloma atriplicifolium.  WINGED PIGWEED.  Annual.  Coconino and Navajo counties, 1000-6000 feet [McD].

Grayia spinosa.  SPINY HOPSAGE.  Mohave, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 2500-6000 feet [McD].

Kochia americana.  GREEN MOLLY.  Subshrub or perennial.  Yavapai, Navajo, and Apache counties, 5000-9000 feet [McD].

Krascheninnikovia lanata (=Eurotia lanata).  WINTERFAT.  Shrub or subshrub.  Throughout region, 2000-7000 feet [McD].

Monolepis nuttalliana.  NUTTALL'S POVERTYWEED.  Annual.  Throughout region up to 8000 feet, but usually much lower [McD].

Salsola tragus (=Salsola pestifer; Salsola kali var. tenuifolia).  PRICKLY RUSSIAN-THISTLE.  Annual.  Throughout region, up to ca. 8000 feet [McD].

Sarcobatus vermiculatus.  GREASEWOOD.  Shrub.  May be throughout region, most abundant in Navajo and Apache counties, 3000-7000 feet [McD].

Suaeda calceoliformis (=Suaeda depressus [misapplied]).  PURSH SEEPWEED.  Annual or perennial.  Reported from near Tuba City, Coconino County, and from near Holbrook, Navajo County, at ca. 4500-5000 feet [McD].

Suaeda moquinii (=Suaeda torreyana).  MOJAVE SEABLITE.  Perennial or subshrub.  Throughout region, 5000 feet or lower [McD].

Suaeda suffrutescens.  DESERT SEEPWEED.  Perennial.  Eastern Coconino County, Navajo County, 3000-5000 feet [McD].

Zuckia brandegeei var. brandegeei (=Grayia brandegeei).  SILTBUSH.  Shrub.  Reported from Petrified Forest National Park, Apache County, at ca. 5000 feet [McD].

Zuckia brandegeei var. arizonica (=Zuckia arizonica).  ARIZONA SILTBUSH.  Shrub.  Vicinity of Moencopi and Tuba City, Coconino County; within and near Petrified Forest National Park, Navajo and Apache counties, at 4500-6000 feet [McD].

This page revised 9 November 2006.