▁about ▁ ▁high . ▁It ▁has ▁broad , ▁generally ▁pow der y , ▁hair y , ▁lo bed ▁leaves , ▁normally ▁arranged ▁altern ately . ▁The ▁wo ody ▁central ▁stem ▁is ▁branch ed ▁or ▁un branch ed ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁variety ▁and ▁may ▁be ▁green , ▁red ▁or ▁pur ple . ▁The ▁flow ering ▁pan icles ▁arise ▁from ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁plant ▁or ▁from ▁leaf ▁ax ils ▁along ▁the ▁stem . ▁Each ▁pan icle ▁has ▁a ▁central ▁axis ▁from ▁which ▁a ▁secondary ▁axis ▁emer ges ▁either ▁with ▁flowers ▁( amar anth iform ) ▁or ▁bearing ▁a ▁t ert i ary ▁axis ▁carrying ▁the ▁flowers ▁( gl omer ul iform ). ▁The ▁green ▁hyp og yn ous ▁flowers ▁have ▁a ▁simple ▁per ian th ▁and ▁are ▁generally ▁self - fer til izing . ▁The ▁f ruits ▁( se eds ) ▁are ▁about ▁ ▁in ▁diameter ▁and ▁of ▁various ▁colors — from ▁white ▁to ▁red ▁or ▁black , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁cultiv ar . ▁ ▁Natural ▁distribution ▁Chen op od ium ▁qu ino a ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁domestic ated ▁in ▁the ▁Per uv ian ▁And es ▁from ▁wild ▁or ▁we ed ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁species . ▁There ▁are ▁non - c ult iv ated ▁qu ino a ▁plants ▁( Ch en op od ium ▁qu ino a ▁var . ▁mel anos perm um ) ▁that ▁grow ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁it ▁is ▁cultiv ated ; ▁these ▁may ▁either ▁be ▁related ▁to ▁wild ▁prede cess ors , ▁or ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁descend ants