Oxybasis rubra explained

Oxybasis rubra^[1] (syn. Chenopodium rubrum), common names red goosefoot or coastblite goosefoot, is a member of the genus Oxybasis, a segregate of Chenopodium (the goosefoots). It is native to North America and Eurasia. It is an annual plant.^[2]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.^[3] It is listed as endangered in New Jersey, and as threatened in Maine, New Hampshire, and in New York.^[4]

Native American ethnobotany

The Goshute Shosone of Utah use the seeds for food.^[5] 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.^[6]

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Chenopodium rubrum
• USDA Plants Profile: Chenopodium rubrum
• Flora of North America
• Chenopodium rubrum Flowers in Israel

Notes and References

1. Susy Fuentes-Bazan, Pertti Uotila, Thomas Borsch: A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). In: Willdenowia. Vol. 42, No. 1, 2012, p. 15-16.
2. Web site: Plants Profile for Chenopodium rubrum (red goosefoot) . plants.usda.gov . 29 January 2018 . .
3. http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"
4. Web site: Plants Profile for Chenopodium rubrum (red goosefoot) . plants.usda.gov . 29 January 2018 . .
5. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 366
6. The Ethno-botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah . 2007-11-12 . Chamberlin . Ralph Vary . Ralph Vary Chamberlin . 1911 . Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association Vol II, Part 5 .