Goosefoot Moonpod (Acleisanthes chenopodioides)

   
 

Goosefoot Moonpod (Acleisanthes chenopodioides), Alpine, TX. Photograph by Wynn Anderson.

 

Flowers and fruit, near Flores Magon, Chihuahua, Mexico. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Goosefoot Moonpod
• Common Spanish Names: None known.
• Scientific Name: Acleisanthes chenopodioides (a-kly-SAN-thes keen-oh-poh-dee-OI-des)(formerly Ammocodon chenopodioides)
• Family: Nyctaginaceae (Four O'Clock Family)
• Geographic Range: Dry rocky or sandy creosote-scrub flats and slopes in southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico to west Texas, south to central Chihuahua, Mexico.
• Description: Erect to decumbent herbaceous perennial, much branched with terminal clusters of small pink to rose-pink flowers and short, winged fruits.

Last Update: 23 Sep 2013