Beetroot Family
CHENOPODIACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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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 erioclada Bluebush Mungo Lakes, NSW Photos: courtesy of Laura Levens,

Salsola kali Tumbleweed 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 and moths, including:

Theclinesthes serpentata

Theclinesthes sulpitius

Amata aperta

Agrotis porphyricollis

Spodoptera exigua

Hymenia perspectalis

Spoladea recurvalis

Endoxyla amphiplecta

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 7 February 2012)