Chenopodium incanum.  Synonym: Chenopodium fremontii variety incanum.
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands, openings. Spring.
McElmo Canyon, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, April 2, 2005.

Dozens of two inch tall seedlings of this annual are crowded into a square foot of hot, sandy soil.  Plants will grow six-to-thirty inches tall.

This plant was named Chenopodium fremontii variety incanum by Sereno Watson in 1874.  It was renamed Chenopodium incanum by Amos Heller in 1879.

Chenopodium incanum.  Synonym: Chenopodium fremontii variety incanum.
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands, openings. Spring.
McElmo Canyon, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, April 2, 2005.

Range map © John Kartesz,
Floristic Synthesis of North America

State Color Key

Species present in state and native
Species present in state and exotic
Species not present in state

County Color Key

Species present and not rare
Species present and rare
Species extirpated (historic)
Species extinct
Species noxious
Species exotic and present
Native species, but adventive in state
Eradicated
Questionable presence

Range map for Chenopodium incanum