Beetroot Family : CHENOPODIACEAE (CARYOPHYLLIDAE) in Australia
including Atriplicaceae, Blitaceae, Corispermaceae, Dysphaniaceae, Salicorniaceae, and Salsolaceae

Flower
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Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Atriplex nummularia
Old-man Saltbush
Flinders Ranges, July 2009

Beta cicia
White Beet
Wyee, November 2008

Beta cicla
Swiss Chard
Burwood, August 2006

Beta vulgaris
Beetroot
Burwood, November 2008

Chenopodium album
Fathen
Concord, January 2007

Chenopodium murale
Sowbane
Morwell Park, August 1990

Einadia nutans
Climbing Saltbush
Mungo Lakes, NSW
Photos: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Einadia trigonos
Fishweed
Concord, March 2008

Enchylaena tomentosa
Ruby Saltbush
Mungo Lakes, NSW
Photos: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Kochia pyramidata
Black Bluebush
Mungo Lakes, NSW
Photos: courtesy of
Laura Levens,

Maireana astrotricha
Low Bluebush
Flinders Ranges, July 2009

Maireana trichoptera
Rosy Bluebush
Mungo Lakes, NSW
Photos: courtesy of
Laura Levens,

Salsola kali
Rolypoly
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of
Donald Simpson

Sarcocornia quinqueflora
Beaded Glasswort
Pink Lakes, VIC
Photos: courtesy of
Laura Levens,

Tecticornia indica
Samphire
Magnetic Island
Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Species in CHENOPODIACEAE are the favoured foodplant of some caterpillars of Australian butterflies, including:


Theclinesthes serpentatus

Theclinesthes sulpitius

and moths, including:


Amyna octo

Spodoptera exigua

Spodoptera litura

Neumichtis nigerrima

Agrotis porphyricollis

Amata aperta

Endoxyla amphiplecta

Achyra affinitalis

Agrius godarti

Hyles livornicoides

Hymenia perspectalis

Spoladea recurvalis

Epiblema strenuana

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(updated 4 January 2013, 10 January 2024)