Chenopodium berlandieri - Pitseed goosefoot

Pitseed goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri) is a fast-growing annual of cold semi-arid North American open soils and mud-flats, its leaves and seeds a historically important wild grain and pot-herb (the raw leaves are acrid and are normally cooked before eating).

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Herb
• Annual
• Chenopodium spp. - Goosefoot

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹

Footnotes

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