kochia
Kochia scoparia
Kochia
Robert H. Mohlenbrock @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento.
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Weed Characteristics
| Other names: | common kochia, fireweed, Mexican burningbush, Mexican fireweed, mock cypress, summer cypress, Mexican-fireweed, belvedere |
| Leaf type: | Broadleaf |
| Flowers: | Green |
A bushy plant with narrow, gray-green leaves that take on a purplish cast in late summer. Leaves and stems are often hairy. Drought tolerant. Grows 3 to 5 ft. tall.
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Taxonomic data last retrieved March 30, 2012, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.
Taxonomic data last retrieved March 30, 2012, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.