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47.) AMARANTHACEAE - Goosefoot family

AMARANTHACEAE - Goosefoot family

Axyris L.

  • Axyris amaranthoides L. (Russian Pigweed) 1936 General

ATRIPLEX L.

  • Atriplex hortensis L. (Garden Orache) 1982 - General

  • Atriplex rosea L. (Redscale) 1922 General

  • Atriplex tatarica L. var. tatarica (Tatarian Orache) 1917 General

  • Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. (ssp. prostrata) (Spear-leaved Orache) / General

  • Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston (var. glabriuscula) (Babington's Orache) / Coasts

  • Atriplex longipes Drejer (Long-stalked Orache) / Coasts

  • Atriplex littoralis L. (Grass-leaved Orache) /- Coasts

  • Atriplex patula L. (ssp. patula) (Common Orache) / General

  • Atriplex laciniata (Frosted Orache) / Coasts

  • Atriplex halimus L. (Shrubby Orache) / Coasts

  • Atriplex portulacoides L. (Sea-purslane) / Coasts

CHENOPODIUM L.

  • Chenopodium acuminatum Willd. (Acuminate Goosefoot, Mexican Tea) 1931 - General

  • Chenopodium vulvaria L. (Stinking Goosefoot) 1930 General

  • Chenopodium pratericola Rydb. (Chenopodium desiccatum A. Nelson) (Slimleaf Goosefoot) General Avonmouth Docks in 1987 by A.L. Grenfell and Royal Portbury Dock in 1994 by R.J. Higgins.

  • Chenopodium ficifolium Sm. (Fig-leaved Goosefoot) / General Historically a rare and noteworthy casual, now one of the most frequent Goosefoot's in our region.

  • Chenopodium hircinum Schrad. (ssp. hircinum? - Kew) (Foetid Goosefoot) 1932 General

  • Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. (Pitseed Goosefoot) General See varieties for details.

  • var. berlandieri - [Sandwith, 1932 (as var. typicum)] General

  • var. zschackei (Murr) Murr ex Graebn. - [Sandwith, 1932] A single plant was recently found on garden spoil at Horfield Common in 2024 by D. Peters.

  • Chenopodium berlandieri x C. album = C. x variabile Aellen (Pitseed Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932]

  • Chenopodium opulifolium x C. album = C. x preissmannii Murr (C. x borbasii Murr) (Grey Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932]

  • Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz (Grey Goosefoot) General

  • Chenopodium album L. (Fat-hen) / General A vary variable species. 12 'varieties' have been recorded from our area.

  • Chenopodium album × C. strictum = C. x pseudostriatum (Zschacke) Druce (Fat-hen x Striped Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. album x striatum)] General

  • Chenopodium strictum Roth (Striped Goosefoot) General

  • Chenopodium betaceum Andrz. (no name - Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. album var. pseudoborbasii f. microphyllum)] - needs checking - might be the same as C. strictum

  • Chenopodium suecicum Murr (Swedish Goosefoot) 1910 General

  • Chenopodium probstii Aellen (Probst's Goosefoot) General

  • Chenopodium giganteum D. Don (Tree Spinach) General

LIPANDRA Moq.

  • Lipandra polysperma (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Chenopodium polyspermum L.) (Many-seeded Goosefoot) / General

CHENOPODIASTRUM S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

  • Chenopodiastrum hybridum (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Chenopodium hybridum L.) (Maple-leaved Goosefoot) General

  • Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Chenopodium murale L.) (Nettle-leaved Goosefoot) General

OXYBASIS Kar. & Kir.

  • Oxybasis glauca (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Chenopodium glaucum L.) (Oak-leaved Goosefoot) General

  • Oxybasis ambigua (R. Br.) de Lange & Mosyakin (Ambiguous Goosefoot - name translated) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Chenopodium glaucum var. ambiguum)] General

  • Oxybasis rubra (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Chenopodium rubrum L.) (Red Goosefoot) /- General

  • Oxybasis urbica (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Chenopodium urbicum L.) (Upright Goosefoot) 1925 General

  • Oxybasis halophila (Phil.) Uotila (Salty Goosefoot - name translated) - Glos. Fl. (as Chenopodium macrospermum ssp. halophilum f. subviride) General

BLITUM L.

  • Blitum capitatum L. (ssp. capitatum) (Strawberry-blite) - Glos. Fl. (as Chenopodium capitatum) [Bristol Botany in 1937] General

  • Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb. (Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.) (Good-King-Henry) General

  • Blitum nuttallianum Schult. (Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene) (Povertyweed) 1917 General

  • Blitum virgatum L. (Chenopodium foliosum (Moench) Asch.) (Strawberry Goosefoot) 1918 General

DYSPHANIA R. Br.

  • Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) (Mexican-tea) 1979 General

  • Dysphania chilensis (Schrad.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chilean Goosefoot?, Chilean Wormseed - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Chenopodium vagans)] General

  • Dysphania multifida (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chenopodium multifidum L.) (Scented Goosefoot) 1918 General

  • Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chenopodium botrys L.) (Sticky Goosefoot) 1938 General

BASSIA All.

  • Bassia scoparia (L.) Voss (Summer-cypress) General

BETA L.

  • Beta vulgaris L. (Beet) General

  • ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang. (Sea Beet) / Coasts Frequent around coasts and in upper saltmarsh and along the tidal Avon.

  • ssp. vulgaris (Root Beet) - General

  • Beta trigyna Waldst. & Kit. (Caucasian Beet) 1911 General

SALICORNIA L.

  • Salicornia ramosissima (Hook. f.) J. Woods ex W.A. Clarke & E.S. Marshall (Purple Glasswort) / Coasts

  • Salicornia europaea L. (Common Glasswort) - Coasts

  • Salicornia obscura P.W. Ball & Tutin (Glaucous Glasswort) Coasts

  • Salicornia fragilis P.W. Ball & Tutin (Yellow Glasswort) / Coasts

  • Salicornia dolichostachya Moss (Long-spiked Glasswort) Coasts

SUAEDA Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel.

  • Suaeda vera Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel. (Shrubby Sea-blite) 1569 Coasts

  • Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort. (Annual Sea-blite) / Coasts

POLYCNEMUM L.

  • Polycnemum arvense L. (Field Needleleaf) - [Sandwith, 1932] General

SALSOLA L.

  • Salsola kali L. (S. kali L. ssp. kali) (Prickly Saltwort) / Coasts

  • Salsola tragus L. (S. kali L. ssp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó) (Spineless Saltwort) General

AMARANTHUS L.

  • Amaranthus retroflexus L. (Common Amaranth) / General Scarce The only frequently encountered Amaranth; often occurring as a birdseed alien and occasionally more or less naturalised in some places such as on the old railway line ballast between the M Shed and SS Great Britain.

  • Amaranthus caudatus L. (Love-lies-bleeding) General Very Rare Sometimes grown for ornament. First recorded at ST67 in 1960s by ? [BSBI record]; several plants were found on Trym Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol in 2022 by D. Peters and at Bath in 2020s by ? [BSBI record].

  • Amaranthus hybridus L. (Green Amaranth) / General

  • Amaranthus cruentus L. (Purple Amaranth) General

  • Amaranthus powellii S. Watson (Powell's Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as A. chlorostachys var. pseudoretroflexus)] General A single large plant was recorded at the edge of a lake at Eastville Park, Bristol in 2025 by D. Peters.

  • Amaranthus bouchonii Thell. (Indehiscent Amaranth) General Very Rare First recorded at Ashley Down, Bristol in 1992 by R.J. Higgins; a single large plant was recorded at the edge of a lake amongst the last species at Eastville Park, Bristol in 2025 by D. Peters; and several plants were found on rough ground at Keynsham in 2025 by J. Aldridge and determined by D. Peters.

  • Amaranthus tricolor L. (Tampala) General

  • Amaranthus standleyanus Parodi ex Covas (Indehiscent Pigweed) General

  • Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson (Dioecious Amaranth) General

  • Amaranthus spinosus L. (Spiny Amaranth) General

  • Amaranthus quitensis Kunth (Mucronate Amaranth) General

  • Amaranthus viridis L. (Green Pigweed) General

  • Amaranthus deflexus L. (Perennial Pigweed) / General

  • Amaranthus blitum L. (ssp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Muñoz Garm. & Pedrol, ssp. pseudogracilis (Thell.) N. Bayón) (Guernsey Pigweed) 1911 General

  • ssp. blitum General

  • ssp. oleraceus (L.) Costea - [Sandwith, 1932 (as A. lividus)] General

  • Amaranthus albus L. (White Pigweed) General

  • Amaranthus blitoides S. Watson (Prostrate Pigweed) General

  • Amaranthus vulgatissimus Speg. (no name - Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932] General

  • Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. (Thunberg's Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932] General

  • Amaranthus graecizans L. (which sspp.? ssp. graecizans, ssp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan - Stace (not worth ssp. rank) (Short-tepalled Pigweed) 1914 General

CELOSIA L.

  • Celosia trigyna L. (Woolflower) - [Sandwith, 1932] General

ALTERNANTHERA Forssk.

  • Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. (Fig Joyweed - Flowers of India, Joseph's Coat, Parrot Leaf - Wikipedia) - [Sandwith, 1932] General

List:

  • Axyris amaranthoides L. (Russian Pigweed) 1936 General
  • Atriplex hortensis L. (Garden Orache) 1982 - General
  • Atriplex rosea L. (Redscale) 1922 General
  • Atriplex tatarica L. (var. tatarica - Kew) (Tatarian Orache - GBIF, Go Botany) 1917 General
  • Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. (ssp. prostrata - Kew, GBIF) (Spear-leaved Orache) / General
  • Atriplex glabriuscula Edmondston (var. glabriuscula - Kew, GBIF) (Babington's Orache) / Coasts
  • Atriplex longipes Drejer (Long-stalked Orache) / Coasts
  • Atriplex littoralis L. (Grass-leaved Orache) /- Coasts
  • Atriplex patula L. (ssp. patula - Kew, GBIF) (Common Orache) / General
  • Atriplex laciniata (Frosted Orache) / Coasts
  • Atriplex halimus L. (Shrubby Orache) / Coasts
  • Atriplex portulacoides L. (Sea-purslane) / Coasts
  • Chenopodium acuminatum Willd. (Acuminate Goosefoot - GBIF, Mexican Tea PictureThis) 1931 - General
  • Chenopodium vulvaria L. (Stinking Goosefoot) 1930 General
  • Chenopodium pratericola Rydb. (Stace) Chenopodium desiccatum A. Nelson (NBN) (Slimleaf Goosefoot) General
  • Chenopodium ficifolium Sm. (Fig-leaved Goosefoot) / General
  • Chenopodium hircinum Schrad. (ssp. hircinum? - Kew) (Foetid Goosefoot - Stace, NBN, Avian Goosefoot - GBIF) 1932 General
  • Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. berlandieri (Pitseed Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as var. typicum)]
  • Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. zschackei (Murr) Murr ex Graebn. (Pitseed Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932]
  • Chenopodium berlandieri x C. album = C. x variabile Aellen (Pitseed Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932]
  • Chenopodium opulifolium x C. album = C. x preissmannii Murr (C. x borbasii Murr - Kew, GBIF) (Grey Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932]
  • Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J. Koch & Ziz (Grey Goosefoot) General
  • Chenopodium album L. (Fat-hen) / General
  • Chenopodium album × C. strictum = C. x pseudostriatum (Zschacke) Druce (Fat-hen x Striped Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. album x striatum)] General
  • Chenopodium strictum Roth (Striped Goosefoot) General
  • Chenopodium betaceum Andrz. (no name - Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. album var. pseudoborbasii f. microphyllum)] - needs checking - might be the same as C. strictum
  • Chenopodium suecicum Murr (Swedish Goosefoot) 1910 General
  • Chenopodium probstii Aellen (Probst's Goosefoot) General
  • Chenopodium giganteum D. Don (Tree Spinach) General
  • Lipandra polysperma (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Stace) Chenopodium polyspermum L. (Many-seeded Goosefoot) / General
  • Chenopodiastrum hybridum (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Stace) Chenopodium hybridum L. (NBN) (Maple-leaved Goosefoot) General
  • Chenopodiastrum murale (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Stace) Chenopodium murale L. (NBN) (Nettle-leaved Goosefoot) General
  • Oxybasis glauca (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Stace) Chenopodium glaucum L. (NBN) (Oak-leaved Goosefoot) General
  • Oxybasis ambigua (R. Br.) de Lange & Mosyakin (Ambiguous Goosefoot - name translated) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Chenopodium glaucum var. ambiguum)] General
  • Oxybasis rubra (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Stace) Chenopodium rubrum L. (NBN) (Red Goosefoot) /- General
  • Oxybasis urbica (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (Stace) Chenopodium urbicum L. (NBN) (Upright Goosefoot) 1925 General
  • Oxybasis halophila (Phil.) Uotila (Salty Goosefoot - name translated) - Glos. Fl. (as Chenopodium macrospermum ssp. halophilum f. subviride) General
  • Blitum capitatum L. (ssp. capitatum - Kew, GBIF) (Strawberry-blite) - Glos. Fl. (as Chenopodium capitatum) [Bristol Botany in 1937] General
  • Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb. (Stace) Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. (NBN) (Good-King-Henry) General
  • Blitum nuttallianum Schult. (Kew, EDIT) Monolepis nuttalliana (Schult.) Greene (NBN) (Povertyweed) 1917 General
  • Blitum virgatum L. (Stace, Kew) Chenopodium foliosum (Moench) Asch. (NBN) (Strawberry Goosefoot) 1918 General
  • Dysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Stace, Kew) Chenopodium ambrosioides L. (NBN) (Mexican-tea) 1979 General
  • Dysphania chilensis (Schrad.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chilean Goosefoot?, Chilean Wormseed - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Chenopodium vagans)] General
  • Dysphania multifida (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Stace, Kew) Chenopodium multifidum L. (NBN) (Scented Goosefoot) 1918 General
  • Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Stace) Chenopodium botrys L. (NBN) (Sticky Goosefoot) 1938 General
  • Bassia scoparia (L.) Voss (Summer-cypress) General
  • Beta vulgaris L. ssp. maritima (L.) Arcang. (Sea Beet) / Coasts
  • Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris (Root Beet) - General
  • Beta trigyna Waldst. & Kit. (Caucasian Beet) 1911 General
  • Salicornia ramosissima (Hook. f.) J. Woods ex W.A. Clarke & E.S. Marshall (Purple Glasswort) / Coasts
  • Salicornia europaea L. (Common Glasswort) - Coasts
  • Salicornia obscura P.W. Ball & Tutin (Glaucous Glasswort) Coasts
  • Salicornia fragilis P.W. Ball & Tutin (Yellow Glasswort) / Coasts
  • Salicornia dolichostachya Moss (Long-spiked Glasswort) Coasts
  • Suaeda vera Forssk. ex J.F. Gmel. (Shrubby Sea-blite) 1569 Coasts
  • Suaeda maritima (L.) Dumort. (Annual Sea-blite) / Coasts
  • Polycnemum arvense L. (Field Needleleaf - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] - place after Suaeda and before Salsola General
  • Salsola kali L. (Stace) Salsola kali L. ssp. kali (NBN) (Prickly Saltwort) / Coasts
  • Salsola tragus L. (Stace) Salsola kali L. ssp. ruthenica (Iljin) Soó (NBN) (Spineless Saltwort) General
  • Amaranthus retroflexus L. (Common Amaranth) / General
  • Amaranthus caudatus L. (Love-lies-bleeding) General
  • Amaranthus hybridus L. (Green Amaranth) / General
  • Amaranthus cruentus L. (Purple Amaranth) General
  • Amaranthus powellii S. Watson (Powell's Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as A. chlorostachys var. pseudoretroflexus)] General
  • Amaranthus bouchonii Thell. (Indehiscent Amaranth) General
  • Amaranthus tricolor L. (Tampala) General
  • Amaranthus standleyanus Parodi ex Covas (Indehiscent Pigweed) General
  • Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson (Dioecious Amaranth) General
  • Amaranthus spinosus L. (Spiny Amaranth) General
  • Amaranthus quitensis Kunth (Mucronate Amaranth) General
  • Amaranthus viridis L. (Green Pigweed - Stace) General
  • Amaranthus deflexus L. (Perennial Pigweed) / General
  • Amaranthus blitum L. (which sspp.? ssp. blitum, ssp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Muñoz Garm. & Pedrol, ssp. oleraceus (L.) Costea, ssp. pseudogracilis (Thell.) N. Bayón - Kew) (Guernsey Pigweed) 1911 General
  • Amaranthus blitum L. ssp. oleraceus (L.) Costea - [Sandwith, 1932 (as A. lividus)] General
  • Amaranthus albus L. (White Pigweed) General
  • Amaranthus blitoides S. Watson (Prostrate Pigweed) General
  • Amaranthus vulgatissimus Speg. (no name - Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
  • Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. (Thunberg's Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
  • Amaranthus graecizans L. (which sspp.? ssp. graecizans, ssp. silvestris (Vill.) Brenan - Stace (not worth ssp. rank), NBN, Kew) (Short-tepalled Pigweed) 1914 General
  • Celosia trigyna L. (Woolflower - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] General
  • Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. (Fig Joyweed - Flowers of India, Joseph's Coat, Parrot Leaf - Wikipedia) - [Sandwith, 1932] General

Species to add:

  • Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. berlandieri (Pitseed Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as var. typicum)] /
  • Chenopodium berlandieri Moq. var. zschackei (Murr) Murr ex Graebn. (Pitseed Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
  • Chenopodium berlandieri x C. album = C. x variabile Aellen (Pitseed Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
  • Chenopodium opulifolium x C. album = C. x preissmannii Murr (C. x borbasii Murr - Kew, GBIF) (Grey Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
  • Chenopodium album × C. strictum = C. x pseudostriatum (Zschacke) Druce (Fat-hen x Striped Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. album x striatum)] /
  • Chenopodium strictum Roth (Striped Goosefoot) /
  • Chenopodium betaceum Andrz. (no name - Goosefoot) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. album var. pseudoborbasii f. microphyllum)] - needs checking - might be the same as C. strictum /
  • Chenopodium giganteum D. Don (Tree Spinach) /
  • Oxybasis ambigua (R. Br.) de Lange & Mosyakin (Ambiguous Goosefoot - name translated) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Chenopodium glaucum var. ambiguum)] /
  • Oxybasis halophila (Phil.) Uotila (Salty Goosefoot - name translated) - Glos. Fl. (as Chenopodium macrospermum ssp. halophilum f. subviride) /
  • Blitum capitatum L. (ssp. capitatum - Kew, GBIF) (Strawberry-blite) - Glos. Fl. (as Chenopodium capitatum) [Bristol Botany in 1937] /
  • Dysphania chilensis (Schrad.) Mosyakin & Clemants (Chilean Goosefoot?, Chilean Wormseed - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as Chenopodium vagans)] /
  • Polycnemum arvense L. (Field Needleleaf - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] - place after Suaeda and before Salsola /
  • Amaranthus powellii S. Watson (Powell's Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as A. chlorostachys var. pseudoretroflexus)] /
  • Amaranthus blitum L. ssp. oleraceus (L.) Costea - [Sandwith, 1932 (as A. lividus)] /
  • Amaranthus thunbergii Moq. (Thunberg's Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
  • Amaranthus vulgatissimus Speg. (no name - Amaranth) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
  • Celosia trigyna L. (Woolflower - GBIF) - [Sandwith, 1932] /
  • Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. (Fig Joyweed - Flowers of India, Joseph's Coat, Parrot Leaf - Wikipedia) - [Sandwith, 1932] /

Species added by me:

  • Amaranthus bouchonii Thell. (Indehiscent Amaranth)

Workings out:

  • Chenopodium opulifolium x C. album = C. x borbasii Murr (Grey Goosefoot x Fat-hen) - [Sandwith, 1932 (as C. opulifolium var. mucronulatum)] - investigate! - Stace treats it as a synonym of C. album as C. borbasii.