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Taxon:  Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott



Summary
Genus:
Bassia
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Salsoloideae
Tribe:
Camphorosmeae
Nomen number:
404228
Place of publication:
Feddes Repert. 89:108. 1978
Comment:
publication of this combination by A. Voss, Deutsch. Gartenrat 1(37):289-290. 1903 is reported in some references
Verified:
02/09/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Chenopodium scoparia L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. f. scoparia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Kochia childsii hort. ex anon.
Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. f. trichophylla (hort. ex Voss) Schinz & Thell.
Kochia sieversiana (Pall.) C. A. Mey.
Kochia trichophylla hort. ex Voss
Suaeda sieversiana Pall.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Ball, P. W. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  3. Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
  4. Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255-267.
  5. Córdoba, M. C. et al. 2004. New natural hosts of Pepino mosaic virus in Spain. Pl. Dis. 88:906. Note: Scoparia scoparia, a weed in tomato fields in Spain, tested positive for Pepmv
  6. Dodd, J. & R. P. Randall. 2002. Eradication of kochia (Bassia scoparia (L.) A. J. Scott, Chenopodiaceae) in Western Australia. 13th Australian weeds conference papers & proceedings. Perth, Australia. Plant Protection Society of WA, Victoria Park, Western Australia.. 300-303.
  7. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  8. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  9. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  10. Everest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
  11. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
  12. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  13. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
  14. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  15. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  16. Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
  17. Judd, W. S. 1999. The genera of Chenopodiaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 4:404.
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  19. Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
  20. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  21. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
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  24. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:83
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  28. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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  32. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
belvedere –
burningbush –
kochia –
Mexican firebrush –
Mexican fireweed –
mock cypress –
summer-cypress –
French
ansérine belvédère –
German
Besenkraut –
Besen-Radmelde –
Japanese Rōmaji
hōkigi –
Portuguese
mirabela –
Spanish
mirabel –
Swedish
sommarcypress –
Transcribed Chinese
di fu –
Transcribed Korean
daepssari –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia Huizi Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
  • CHINA: China [Heilongjiang Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Qinghai Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Nepal
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Turkmenistan
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Western Australia]
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Harmful organism hostcrop diseaseshost of Pepmv harmful to tomatoCórdoba, M. C. et al. 2004. New natural hosts of Pepino mosaic virus in Spain. Pl. Dis. 88:906. Note: Scoparia scoparia, a weed in tomato fields in Spain, tested positive for Pepmv
Human foodvegetable Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad.
Human foodvegetable Ball, P. W. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto livestockEverest, S. L. 1981. Poisonous plants of Australia. Note: poisonous
Weed  Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404228. Accessed 2 May 2025.