Taxon: Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott

• the 11 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CT(as Kochia scoparia)*, OH°, OR(as Kochia scoparia)*, WA(as Kochia scoparia)*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• belvedere   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• burningbush   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• kochia   (Source: Invaders Database [as Kochia scoparia]) – English
  
• Mexican firebrush   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  
• Mexican fireweed   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• mock cypress   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• summer-cypress   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• di fu   (Source: F ChinaEng [as Kochia scoparia]) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• ansérine belvédère   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• Besen-Radmelde   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Besenkraut   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• hōkigi   (Source: F JapanOhwi [as Kochia scoparia]) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• daepssari   (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:83.) – Transcribed Korean
  
• mirabela   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• mirabel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• sommarcypress   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; P. W. Ball, pers. comm.)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury; Everist)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Bassia scoparia from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Amur, Primorye
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Nepal
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait; Saudi Arabia
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Israel
  Middle Asia: Turkmenistan
  Eastern Asia: Japan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy; Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Ball, P. W. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. [poisonous].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [= Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.].
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. [= Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Judd, W. S. 1999. The genera of Chenopodiaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 4:404.
• Kadereit, G. & H. Freitag. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of Camphorosmeae (Camphorosmoideae, Chenopodiaceae): implications for biogeography, evolution of C4-photosynthesis and taxonomy. Taxon 60:73.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Miller, A. G. & T. A. Cope. 1996–. Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.
• Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:83.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). [= Kochia scoparia].
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. [lists as B. scoparia (L.) Voss.].
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition.
• USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource). [= Kochia scoparia].
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bassia scoparia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bassia scoparia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Bassia scoparia.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Chenopodium scoparia L. (basionym)
  
• (=) Kochia childsii hort. ex anon.
  
• (≡) Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Kochia scoparia f. trichophylla (hort. ex Voss) Schinz & Thell.
  
• (=) Kochia trichophylla hort. ex Voss
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds or fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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