NameThatPlant.net: Chenopodium album var. album

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chenopodium album var. album FAMILY Chenopodiaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Lambsquarters at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chenopodium album var. album FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-03-002:

Chenopodium album FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Lambsquarters, Pigweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chenopodium album var. album FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chenopodium album var. album FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 064-03-002:
Chenopodium album FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

316

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed soils, gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Native & non-native

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish
5 persistent sepals
Petals absent
5 stamens
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

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