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Amaranthaceae
Manyseed goosefoot
Lipandra polysperma
Also known as Chenopodium polyspermum var. obtusifolium, Gandriloa atriplicoides, Allseed goosefoot, Chenopodium polyspermum var. controversans
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Goosefoot · Manyseed Goosefoot · Annual Weed · Amaranthaceae · Chenopod · European Weed · Disturbed Soil · Wild Plant · Temperate · Herbaceous
Manyseed goosefoot is a leafy annual weed of the amaranth family that grows readily in cultivated and disturbed soils across Europe and temperate Asia. It requires little attention and thrives in fertile, moist ground in sun to partial shade. It is rarely cultivated intentionally but may appear in vegetable gardens and is related to edible species such as Fat Hen.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois
Sources: trefle
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