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Chenopodiaceae: Goosefoot

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Atriplex orache, saltbush	4		Seeds surrounded by bracts but not flower. Minute flowers. Leaves usually alternate above and opposite below and mealy.	Images   Information
Bassia smotherweed	1		Seeds free. Leaves alternate, stalkless, linear, entire, with wedge-shaped base	Images   Information
Chenopodium goosefoot, pigweed	15		Seeds free and exposed from flower. Flowers small, green to reddish, in globes or an elongated, narrow, mixed panicle made up of small cymes.	Images   Information
Corispermum bugseed	3		Seeds free and exposed from flower. Leaves linear, entire.	Images   Information
Cycloloma winged pigweed	1		Seeds surrounded by flower. Leaves toothed or lobed. Fruit Winged.	Images   Information
Dysphania	3		Seeds surrounded by flower. Leaves toothed or lobed. Fruit Winged.	Images   Information
Kochia summer-cypress	1		Seeds surrounded by flower. Fruit with wings. Leaves linear entire and entire but no spines.	Images   Information
Salsola Russian thistle	2		Seeds surrounded by flower. Fruit with wings. Leaves linear entire and entire with spines.	Images   Information
Suaeda seep-weed	1		Seeds surrounded by flower. Leaves linear and entire.	Images   Information