Bassia americana, Kochia americana) is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family, subfamily Camphorosmoideae,[1] known by the common name green molly.

Neokochia americana is a squat dwarf shrub growing many sprawling, mostly unbranched stems to a maximum height near 40 centimeters.

The stems are covered in small, fleshy, knobby leaves less than 2 centimeters long.

Leaf anatomy is of the "C3 Neokochia americana type" with a thick-walled aqueous tissue.

Neokochia americana is native to the western United States from California to Montana to Texas, where it grows in dry, alkaline soils such as alkali flats and desert washes.