Glaucous Goosefoot - introduced? (*Chenopodium glaucum)

Identification:

• it is a prostrate plant with semi-succulent leaves and stems
• the leaves are mealy underneath (i.e. with small whitish scales)
• the stems are often reddish
• the flowers are clustered along the upper branches. The petals are not obvious
• the leaves are 1 to 4 cm long, rhombic to oval, and lobed.

Notes: It is thought that both native and introduced Glaucous Goosefoot grows in Victoria. The plants growing in weedy locations are probably introduced.

Name. Chenopodium: Goosefoot; cheno: goose; pod: foot, the leaves of some species have the appearance of a goose's foot.