Annual or perennial herbs (in ours), often fleshy. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, simple. Flowers minute, usually green or grey, bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic. Perianth 2-5-lobed, persistent. Stamens as many as, or fewer than, the number of perianth segments. Ovary superior or half-inferior, 1-locular. Stigmas 2(-5). Fruit usually an indehiscent achene.

Foodplant / pathogen
Beet Mosaic virus infects and damages live leaf of 'Chenopodiaceae'

Foodplant / gall
larva of Bothynoderes affinis causes gall of tap-root (upper part) of 'Chenopodiaceae'

Foodplant / open feeder
larva of Cassida nebulosa grazes on leaf of 'Chenopodiaceae'

Foodplant / saprobe
pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph of Chaetoplea calvescens is saprobic on dead stem of 'Chenopodiaceae'

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / feeds on
larva of Gronops inaequalis feeds on 'Chenopodiaceae'

Foodplant / internal feeder
larva of Lixus scabricollis feeds within stem of 'Chenopodiaceae'

Foodplant / feeds on
Orthotylus flavosparsus feeds on 'Chenopodiaceae'

Foodplant / feeds on
Orthotylus moncreaffi feeds on 'Chenopodiaceae'
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / sap sucker
adult of Piesma maculatum sucks sap of 'Chenopodiaceae'