Oxybasis rubra


Oxybasis rubra, common names red goosefoot or coastblite goosefoot, is a member of the genus Oxybasis, a segregate of Chenopodium. It is native to North America and Eurasia. It is an annual plant.

Conservation status in the United States

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

Native American [ethnobotany]

The Goshute Shosone of Utah use the seeds for food. 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.