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goosefoot, common name for the genus Chenopodium, as well as for the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, a family of widely distributed shrubs and herbs that includes the beet beet, biennial or annual root vegetable of the family Chenopodiaceae ( goosefoot family). The beet (Beta vulgaris) has been cultivated since pre-Christian times.
..... Click the link for more information. , spinach spinach, annual plant (Spinacia oleracea) of the family Chenopodiaceae ( goosefoot family), probably of Persian origin and known to have been introduced into Europe in the 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. , and mangel-wurzel. Most species thrive in soils with a high mineral concentration and grow in such regions as the alkali plains of the SW United States and the pampas of Argentina. Aside from the vegetables of this family, most members are not commercially valuable.

Of the genus Chenopodium, the goosefoot itself, C. album, (also called lamb's-quarters or pigweed) is a native of W Asia that has become a widespread weed; C. quinoa, a plant native to the Andes mountains, is cultivated for its edible seeds. Other plants in the family include the Russian thistle (Salsola tragus), a tumbleweed tumbleweed, any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as
..... Click the link for more information. of arid regions in the W United States and Eurasia, and greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), a grazing shrub of the alkali plains also used locally as fuel.

Goosefoot is classified in the divison Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales, family Chenopodiaceae.

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