Red Goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum L. - Goosefoot familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 3.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Root Depth: 8 inches
Growth Form: Single Crown
Growth Rate: Rapid
Features
Flower Color: Red
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Summer
Seasonal Growth: Spring and Summer
Evergreen: No
Fall Colors: No
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
Clay Soil Tolerance: Yes
Sandy Soil Tolerance: Yes
Drought Tolerance: Low
Flood Tolerance: High
Fire Tolerance: None
Salt Tolerance: High
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- MEX: Mexico Northeast
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.