RED GOOSEFOOT
Chenopodium rubrum
Goosefoot Family [Amaranthaceae] 
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Goosefoot Family [Amaranthaceae]
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| 8th July 2016, Rly Sidings, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| Red Goosefoot grows to 80cm high; this one a youngish specimen without any flowers. They can be well-branched or not. |
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| 23rd Aug 2015, corner, Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Another specimen miles apart. |
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| 8th July 2016, Rly Sidings, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves have a triangular base then a slower tapering section with several long, irregular, random teeth. This specimen starting to go it's signature red, which is probably a protection against strong sunlight. |
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| 8th July 2016, Rly Sidings, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The leaves are hairless and shiny |
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| 23rd Aug 2015, corner, Old Clough Lane, Walkden, Gtr M/cr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Some teeth are rounded, others may be pointed. |
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| 8th July 2016, Rly Sidings, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| The main stem is ribbed and often square in cross-section, and sometimes sinuous, curvinging at leaf junctions. |
| 10th Sept 2014, near barn, Standlynch Down, South Wiltshire. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| A green specimen with numerous green flower spikes consisting of small flowers seemingly lacking petals, but they do have 5 tiny petals, but may not be opened up yet. [The paler-green goosefoots surrounding it are of a differing species, possibly Fat-Hen]. |
| 10th Sept 2014, near barn, Standlynch Down, South Wiltshire. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| The flowers are tiny in compact glowes. |
| 10th Sept 2014, near barn, Standlynch Down, South Wiltshire. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| There are hundreds of flowers on show here. |
| 10th Sept 2014, near barn, Standlynch Down, South Wiltshire. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| The flowers have not yet opened, but they don't open much when they do. |
| 1st Sept 2007, Shorewell Fore Down, IOW. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| A reddened specimen protecting itself from the actinic rays. |
| 1st Sept 2007, Shorewell Fore Down, IOW. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| 1st Sept 2007, Shorewell Fore Down, IOW. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
| The tiny flowers are shaped like miniature 5-lobed torroids but with no hole in the centre. The petals, when they do open, only open half-way. |
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| Photo: © RWD |
| A galled specimen. Your Author has no idea which organism has invaded or infected the leaves, but it has made them produce a lot of the red dye normally used to protect themselves from strong sun exposure and severely contorted them. |
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| Photo: © RWD |
| The infection makes the leaves and other infected parts highly distorted. Your Author has been unable to find which organism has caused this gall on Red Goosefoot. |
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Not to be semantically confused with : Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) [a plant with similar name belonging to a differing family]
Some similarities to : other
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 Chenopodium
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rubrum
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Amaranthaceae
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 Chenopodium (Amaranthaceae) |
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Goosefoot Family [Amaranthaceae]
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