Chenopodium incanum.  Synonym: Chenopodium fremontii variety incanum.
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands, openings. Spring.
McElmo Canyon, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, April 2, 2005.

Dozens of two inch tall seedlings of this annual are crowded into a square foot of hot, sandy soil.  Plants will grow to be from six-to-thirty inches tall.

This plant was named Chenopodium fremontii variety incanum by Sereno Watson in 1874.  It was renamed Chenopodium incanum by Amos Heller in 1879.

Chenopodium incanum.  Synonym: Chenopodium fremontii variety incanum.
Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

Semi-desert. Shrublands, openings. Spring.
McElmo Canyon, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, April 2, 2005.