Chenopodium fremontiiS.Watson

Fremont's goosefootFrémont's goosefoot

WFO wfo-0000601290 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, 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 fremontii, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. a Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / 2013-09-08 / obs. 12562095
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Jim Morefield
fig. b Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 18212130
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. c Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 12562096
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. d Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152990077
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Martin Purdy
fig. e Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 54026668
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Martin Purdy
fig. f Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39026209
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Martin Purdy
fig. g Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39026546
Chenopodium fremontii, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. h Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152990140

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Native range 23 botanical countries

Regions where Chenopodium fremontii is native: Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Manitoba, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming AlbertaArizonaBritish ColumbiaCaliforniaColoradoIdahoKansasManitobaMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew MexicoNorth DakotaOregonSaskatchewanSouth DakotaTexasUtahWyoming
Native distribution of Chenopodium fremontii, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alberta ABT NORTHERN AMERICA
Arizona ARI
British Columbia BRC
California CAL
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Kansas KAN
Manitoba MAN
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
Montana MNT
Nebraska NEB
Nevada NEV
New Mexico NWM
North Dakota NDA
Oregon ORE
Saskatchewan SAS
South Dakota SDA
Texas TEX
Utah UTA
Wyoming WYO

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 6 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 fremontii (S.Watson) Lunell
  • Chenopodium fremontii f. farinosum Aellen
  • Chenopodium fremontii var. fremontii
  • Chenopodium fremontii var. incanum S.Watson
  • Chenopodium paniculatum var. incanum (S.Watson) Murr
  • Chenopodium pringlei Standl.

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.

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