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Forage Kochia <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Home Forage Kochia <br />Grasses and <br />Grass Likes <br />No Photo Available Distribution Map <br />Forbs/Herbaceous <br /> <br />Shrubs and Trees Common Name(s): <br /> Forage Kochia <br />Alphabetical Index Prostrate Summercypress <br />by Common Name <br /> Scientific Name: <br />Alphabetical Index Kochia prostrata (L.) Schrad. <br />by Scientific Name <br /> Scientific Name Synonyms: <br />Credits/References None known <br /> Symbol: <br />This web page made possible <br />by a inoperative effort <br />KOPR80 <br />between: <br />USU EXTENSION Description: <br />Mindy Pratt <br />Jim Bowns Life Span: Perennial <br />Roger Banner <br />Allen Rasmussen Origin: Introduced <br />with photos provided by: <br />Intermountain <br />Season: Semi-Evergreen <br />Herbarium <br />Roger Banner Growth Characteristics: Along lived, semi-evergreen half-shrub that <br /> averages 1 to 3 feet tail at maturity, and germinates quickly in late <br /> February. It may live 10 to 15 years, developing an extensive root systel <br /> with a taproot up to 16 feet long. <br /> Flowers/Inflorescence: Flowers in interrupted clusters. Flowers have <br /> appendages that are round, flat, or wing-like. <br /> Fruits/Seeds: Seeds oval or round in outline. Fruit is a utricle. Seeds <br />http://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/Woody/foragekochia.htm 11/15/2006 <br />