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.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Lambsquarters at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
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Roxanna Martin rlm9110_100
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9110_101
September Spartanburg County SC
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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
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.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p422
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p464
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p005
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p065
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p025
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p051
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p073
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