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Amaranthaceae
Fig-leaf goosefoot
Chenopodium ficifolium
Also known as Fig-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium ficifolium, Fig goosefoot, Chenopodium ficifolium var. subcymosum
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Goosefoot · Chenopodium · Amaranthaceae · Annual · Weed · Edible Green · Disturbed Soil · Fast Growing · Nitrogen Indicator · Herb
Fig-leaf goosefoot is a fast-growing annual or short-lived perennial weed-herb that adapts readily to disturbed soils, gardens, and roadsides with minimal care. It grows best in full sun to partial shade and tolerates a wide range of soil types, making it a resilient and undemanding plant. While not commonly cultivated intentionally, it can be grown as a leafy green or nitrogen-indicator plant in kitchen gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering during cooler periods · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Algeria, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cambodia, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya
- Attracts
- Bees, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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