title: Chenopodium desertorum
text: # Chenopodium desertorum
  
  Chenopodium desertorum, common name frosted goosefruit, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, indigenous to Australia where it is found in all mainland states.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  It was first described by John McConnell Black as Chenopodium microphyllum var. desertorum, but in 1924 he redescribed it as Chenopodium desertorum.
  
  Several subspecies are accepted:
  
  * Chenopodium desertorum subsp. desertorum
  * Chenopodium desertorum subsp. anidiophyllum (Aellen) Paul G.Wilson
  * Chenopodium desertorum subsp. microphyllum Paul G.Wilson
  * Chenopodium desertorum subsp. rectum Paul G.Wilson
  * Chenopodium desertorum subsp. virosum Paul G.Wilson
  