California Goosefoot

Blitum californicum ^◊

TJM1: Chenopodium californicum.
TJM2: Chenopodium californicum.
F N A: Chenopodium californicum.
A N F: Chenopodium californicum.

Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH), Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: pigweed, soaproot, soap plant, California blite.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.