Oxybasis rubra[2] (syn. Chenopodium rubrum), common names red goosefoot or coastblite goosefoot,[3] is a member of the genus Oxybasis, a segregate of Chenopodium (the goosefoots). It is native to North America and Eurasia.[3] It is an annual plant.[4]
It is listed a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.[5] It is listed as endangered in New Jersey, and as threatened in Maine, New Hampshire, and in New York.[6]
The Goshute Shosone of Utah use the seeds for food.[7] 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.[8]
Oxybasis rubra (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.
