Lambsquarters

Chenopodium album

Growth conditions
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	0.9
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual
1000 Seed Weight (g)	0.6
Uses
Utility	Dye, Soap, Dynamic accumulator
Edible	true
Edible parts	Flowers, Leaves, Seed
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Far Hen, Missouri lambsquarters, Stevens' lambsquarters, Lateflowering goosefoot, white goosefoot Hindi name: bathua or bathuwa It is called Pappukura in Telugu, Paruppukkirai in Tamil, Kaduoma in Kannada, Vastuccira in Malayalam, and Chakvit in Konkani
Taxonomy
Family	Chenopodiaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Mongolia, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alaska, Alberta, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bahamas, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Free State, Føroyar, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Iowa, Jawa, Kansas, Kenya, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lesotho, Manitoba, Marianas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Saskatchewan, Seychelles, South Australia, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Tasmania, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Created: 2020-11-13 19:06:29 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:43:42 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Lambsquarters

Chenopodium album

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Lambsquarters

Chenopodium album

Description

In the following plans

Nocklyn

by haylhoch • 159 plants

On the following lists

Apple Guild

by vigotheunholy • 16

Semillas Del Río (in progress)

by sie • 163

SW Ohio - Clownfish's Garden - Have List

by Clownfish • 66

Help improve this plant