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Amaranthaceae
Oakleaf goosefoot
Oxybasis glauca
Also known as Oak-leaved goosefoot, Nettleleaf goosefoot, Chenopodium, Atriplex glauca
Native Plants · Goosefoot · Wildflower · Native · Weed · Disturbed Soil · Salt Tolerant · Amaranthaceae · Chenopod · Pollinator · Ethnobotany
Oakleaf goosefoot is a little-known annual or short-lived perennial weed of disturbed soils, roadsides, and waste places that is rarely cultivated intentionally. It grows readily in a wide range of soil types and tolerates poor, salty, or compacted conditions with minimal care. It has limited ornamental value but can attract beneficial pollinators and is occasionally of interest to ethnobotanists and native plant enthusiasts.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days; tolerates irregular watering once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 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, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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