Oxybasis rubra[2] (syn. Chenopodium rubrum), common names red goosefoot or coastblite goosefoot,[3] is a member of the genus Oxybasis, a segregate of Chenopodium (the goosefoots). It is native to North America and Eurasia.[3] It is an annual plant.[4]
| Oxybasis rubra | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Oxybasis |
| Species: | O. rubra |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxybasis rubra (L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch | |
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Conservation status in the United States
It is listed a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.[5] It is listed as endangered in New Jersey, and as threatened in Maine, New Hampshire, and in New York.[6]
Native American ethnobotany
The Goshute Shosone of Utah use the seeds for food.[7] The name of the plant in the Goshute Shoshone language is on’-tǐm-pi-wa-tsǐp, on’-tǐm-pi-wa, on’-tǐm-pi-a-wa or on’-tǐm-pai-wa.[8]
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxybasis rubra.
Wikispecies has information related to Oxybasis rubra.
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Chenopodium rubrum
- USDA Plants Profile: Chenopodium rubrum
- Flora of North America
- Chenopodium rubrum Flowers in Israel