STRAWBERRY-BLITE GOOSEFOOT

Class: Chenopodium capitatum

Family: GOOSEFOOT FAMILY

Sub Family: Chenopodiaceae

Year: Annual

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Colour: Bright crimson

Height: 20-80 cm (8-32")

Each Flower: Minute with 3-5 lobes becoming bright crimson after maturity; innumerable flowers form globular, strawberry-like, fleshy cluster, about 1.3 cm (1/2") across

Leaves: Alternate, triangular with base-angles extenuated, almost fleshy, up to 10 cm (4") long with wavy margins; reducing in size up stem; stalks shorter than blades

Stems: Smooth, green and branching

Blooming Period: June - September

Habitat: Waste places and roadsides

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