Foothills. Fields, lawns, disturbed areas. Summer.
Near Yellowjacket Canyon, July 24, 2004.

Cheeseweed is a common and successful plant of disturbed areas.  It is deep rooted so it survives drought, it grows rapidly, and it reproduces easily. Its flowers are small and dainty, leaves are rounded and serrated, and stems are red and sprawling (often to several feet long).

Linnaeus named this genus in 1753 and C. F. Wallroth named the species from a specimen he collected in Germany in the 1820s.

Foothills. Fields, lawns, disturbed areas. Summer.
Near Yellowjacket Canyon, July 24, 2004.