Creek beds were hardest hit, and Bevan's wife, Kat, describes the thick stands of exotics along Arkaba Creek — some 30 species including ward's weed, soursob, nettle - leaved goosefoot, and African boxthorn — as a «hectic catastrophe.» (travelandleisure.com)
Quinoa is a «cereal - like» plant originated in South America (especially in Peru, Chile and Bolivia) that is a species of goosefoot (Chenopodium). (all-about-food.org)
Kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule, also in the goosefoot family) is a cousin of quinoa. (wholegrainscouncil.org)