Species Descriptions

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Vascular Plants » Dicots » Amaranthaceae:

Amaranthaceae

Synonyms:

Chenopodiaceae [FNA4, HC]

19 genera
74 species
12 subspecies and varieties

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Index to genera:

Amaranthus, Atriplex, Bassia, Beta, Blitum, Chenopodiastrum, Chenopodium, Corispermum, Cycloloma, Dysphania, Grayia, Halogeton, Krascheninnikovia, Micromonolepis, Oxybasis, Salicornia, Salsola, Spinacia, Suaeda

Amaranthus albus
Origin: Introduced from tropical America

Amaranthus blitoides
Origin: Introduced from central United States

Amaranthus blitum
Origin: Introduced from the tropics

Amaranthus californicus
Origin: Native

Amaranthus caudatus
Origin: Introduced

Amaranthus cruentus
Origin: Probably introduced from cultivation in Central America

Amaranthus deflexus
Origin: Introduced

Amaranthus hybridus
Origin: Introduced from riparian zones in eastern North America

Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Origin: Introduced

Amaranthus powellii
Origin: Introduced from the southwestern United States and Mexico

Amaranthus retroflexus
Origin: Introduced from eastern and central North America

Amaranthus tuberculatus
Origin: Introduced from the Great Plains of the central United States

Atriplex argentea
Origin: Native

• var. argentea

Atriplex canescens
Origin: Native

• var. canescens

Atriplex dioica
Origin: Native

Atriplex gardneri
Origin: Native

• var. falcata

Atriplex gmelinii
Origin: Native

• var. gmelinii

Atriplex heterosperma
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Atriplex hortensis
Origin: Introduced from Asia

Atriplex littoralis
Origin: Introduced from Europe

Atriplex longipes
Origin: Introduced

Atriplex oblongifolia
Origin: Introduced from Europe

Atriplex patula
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Atriplex prostrata
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Atriplex rosea
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Atriplex semibaccata
Origin: Introduced from Australia

Atriplex truncata
Origin: Native

Bassia hyssopifolia
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Bassia scoparia
Origin: Introduced from eastern Europe and southestern Asia

Beta vulgaris
Origin: Introduced

• ssp. vulgaris

Blitum capitatum
Origin: Native

Blitum hastatum
Origin: Introduced?

Blitum nuttallianum
Origin: Native

Blitum spathulatum
Origin: Native

Blitum virgatum
Origin: Introduced

Chenopodiastrum murale
Origin: Introduced

Chenopodiastrum simplex
Origin: Native

Chenopodium album
Origin: Introduced from Europe, but some populations in the mid-west may be native to North America, according to FNA

Chenopodium atrovirens
Origin: Native

Chenopodium berlandieri
Origin: Native

• var. zschackei

Chenopodium fremontii
Origin: Native

Chenopodium incognitum
Origin: Introduced

Chenopodium leptophyllum
Origin: Native

Chenopodium opulifolium
Origin: Introduced

Chenopodium pratericola
Origin: Native

Chenopodium ×schulzeanum
Origin: Native

Chenopodium strictum
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Chenopodium subglabrum
Origin: Native

Corispermum americanum
Origin: Native

• var. americanum

Corispermum hookeri
Origin: Native

• var. pseudodeclinatum

Corispermum pacificum
Origin: Native

Corispermum pallasii
Origin: Introduced

Corispermum pallidum
Origin: Native

Corispermum villosum
Origin: Native

Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Origin: Introduced

Dysphania ambrosioides
Origin: Introduced from southern North America and tropical America

Dysphania botrys
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington;
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Dysphania pumilio
Distribution: Occurring along the southern border of Washington;
Origin: Introduced from Australia

Grayia spinosa
Origin: Native

Halogeton glomeratus
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Krascheninnikovia lanata
Origin: Native

Micromonolepis pusilla
Origin: Native

Oxybasis chenopodioides
Origin: Native

Oxybasis glauca
Origin: Native

• ssp. glauca

• ssp. salina

Oxybasis macrosperma
Origin: Introduced

Oxybasis rubra
Origin: Both native and introduced

• var. humilis

• var. rubra

Salicornia depressa
Distribution: Strictly coastal in Washington;
Origin: Native

Salicornia perennis
Origin: Native

Salicornia rubra
Origin: Native

Salsola tragus
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Spinacia oleracea
Origin: Introduced from the Mediterranean

Suaeda calceoliformis
Origin: Native

Suaeda nigra
Origin: Native

Suaeda occidentalis
Origin: Native