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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



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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Chenopodium album

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

Chenopodium album   FAMILY Chenopodiaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Lambsquarters, Pigweed


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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_133

        

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JK Marlow    jkm140623_222

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Erect annual with sulcate (that is, grooved or furrowed lengthwise) stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm140623_223

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves usually coarsely toothed, somewhat diamond-shaped, from 1-4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm080705_039

July    Swain County    NC

Leaves rhombic, with leaf surface covered with white mealy powder, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm91010_83

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Chenopodium album var. album, Lambsquarters, Pigweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm9110_100

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Chenopodium album var. album, Lambsquarters, Pigweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm9110_101

September    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Chenopodium album var. album, Lambsquarters, Pigweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm91210_38

September    Spartanburg County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm91210_42

September    Spartanburg County    SC

Each flower with 5 sepals, 5 stamens, and 2-3 stigmas; petals absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm91210_44

September    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm071108_001

November    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Minute greenish flowers in dense paniculate spikes or cymes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm071108_004

November    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Leaves often collected, cooked and eaten as greens - they are not bad!, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm071108_005

November    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

This erect annual is covered in a white, mealy pubescence, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s071108_a

November    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Including both native and alien races and distributed nearly worldwide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

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Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5374875

Month Unknown        

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5436836

Month Unknown        

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Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5458151

Month Unknown        

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D. Walters and C. Southwick, Table Grape Weed Disseminule ID, USDA APHIS ITP, B    bug_5469938

Month Unknown        

 

 

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 Flora of North America
Chenopodium album

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

 

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Forb
Annual
Monoecious

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

Native & non-native

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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