Chenopodium desiccatumA.Nelson

aridland goosefoot

WFO wfo-0000601231 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Chenopodium desiccatum, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. a Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / 2018-11-23 / obs. 28447474
Chenopodium desiccatum, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. b Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28447470
Chenopodium desiccatum, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. c Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 28447476

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Native range 55 botanical countries

Regions where Chenopodium desiccatum is native: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Panamá AlabamaAlaskaAlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineManitobaMarylandMassachusettsMexico CentralMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthwest TerritoriesOhioOklahomaOntarioOregonPennsylvaniaSaskatchewanSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinWyomingYukonPanamá DelawareRhode I.
Native distribution of Chenopodium desiccatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Alaska ASK
Alberta ABT
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
Idaho IDA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Kansas KAN
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
Montana MNT
Nebraska NEB
Nevada NEV
New Hampshire NWH
New Jersey NWJ
New Mexico NWM
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
North Dakota NDA
Northwest Territories NWT
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Pennsylvania PEN
Rhode I. RHO
Saskatchewan SAS
South Carolina SCA
South Dakota SDA
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
Washington WAS
Wisconsin WIS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
Panamá PAN SOUTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Botrys pratericola (Rydb.) Lunell
  • Chenopodium desiccatum var. desiccatum
  • Chenopodium leptophyllum subsp. desiccatum (A.Nelson) Aellen
  • Chenopodium leptophyllum var. leptophylloides (Murr) Thell. & Aellen
  • Chenopodium leptophyllum var. oblongifolium S.Watson
  • Chenopodium leptophyllum var. pratericola (Rydb.) F.C.Gates
  • Chenopodium oblongifolium (S.Watson) Rydb.
  • Chenopodium pratericola Rydb.
  • Chenopodium pratericola f. rubricaule (C.H.Blom) Aellen
  • Chenopodium pratericola var. desiccatum (A.Nelson) Aellen
  • Chenopodium pratericola var. leptophylloides (Murr) Aellen
  • Chenopodium pratericola var. oblongifolium (S.Watson) Wahl
  • Chenopodium pratericola var. thellungianum Aellen

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.