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goosefoot

Any of a group of plants belonging to the goosefoot family, closely related to spinach and beets. The seeds of white goosefoot (C. album) were used as food in Europe from Neolithic times, and also from early times in the Americas. White goosefoot grows to 1 m/3 ft tall and has lance- or diamond-shaped leaves and packed heads of small inconspicuous flowers. The green part is eaten as a spinach substitute. (Genus Chenopodium, family Chenopodiaceae.)
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They somehow got here in the 1800s, apparently from Eastern Europe, and are sometimes called Russian thistle.
CITY GETS HAND ON TUMBLING WEEDS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Agriculture, housing developments, off-highway vehicle recreation, and the introduction of non-native, invasive plant species (especially Russian thistle and tamarisk) have resulted in the decline of sand dunes and blockage of natural sand transport corridors.
A treasured place by Grandberry, Shawnetta / Endangered Species Update
They are quackgrass, Canada thistle, burdock, white or oxeye daisy, snapdragon or butter and eggs, cocklebur, perennial sow thistle, sour dock, yellow dock, wild mustard, wild parsnip, and Russian thistle.
The problem of weeds by Stone, A. L. / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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