Kochia scoparia

Common Name: 
kochia, summer cypress, fireweed, Mexican fireweed, mock cypress, belvedere
Scientific Name: 
Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
Family Name: 
Chenopodiaceae - Goosefoot Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced annual, reproducing by seed
Stems
upright, tall, many branched, soft hairs, often red-tinted in late season
Stems of Kochia
Stems of Kochia
Stems of Kochia
Stems of Kochia
Stems of Kochia
Stems of Kochia
Leaves
alternate, linear to narrow lanceolate or narrow oblanceolate, entire, sessile, pubescent to almost smooth, tip pointed, margins hairy, leaves small above
Leaves of Kochia
Leaves of Kochia
Leaves of Kochia
Flowers
5-sepaled, green, small and inconspicuous; terminal and axillary panicles
Flowers of Kochia
Flowers of Kochia
Flowers of Kochia
Flowers of Kochia