Oakleaf Goosefoot

Oakleaf Goosefoot

Chenopodium glaucum L.

Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

▲ ▼ mature plants (about 12 inches diameter)

▲ ▼ leaves and flowers

▲ white leaf undersides

Oakleaf Goosefoot: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains; not in Weeds of the Northeast)

Summer annual weed found more in northern Midwest with triangular, slightly fleshy, oak-like leaves with white leaf undersides
Stems are ridged, green or pinkish red and tend to sprawl horizontally or ascend from base of main stem
Found in moist, fertile soils in cultivated crops; sometimes a lawn weed in thin turf
Has more fleshy leaves, with white leaf undersides than nuttall povertyweed, and usually is not found in infertile, poor soils as is the povertyweed