Lambsquarter
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Chenopodium Species: C. album
Binomial name
Chenopodium album Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1110x1671, 263 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Achatocarpaceae Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Ancistrocladaceae Asteropeiaceae Barbeuiaceae Basellaceae (basella family) Cactaceae (cactus family) Caryophyllaceae (carnation family) Dioncophyllaceae Droseraceae (sundew family) Drosophyllaceae Frankeniaceae Molluginaceae (carpetweed family) Nepenthaceae Nyctaginaceae (four-oclock family) Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family) Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) Portulacaceae (purslane family) Rhabdodendraceae... Genera See text The family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, is a taxon of dicotyledon flowering plants included among the Caryophyllales and containing about 65 genera and 900 species. ... Species See text Chenopodium is a genus of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, known generically as the Goosefoots. ...

Lambsquarter, also called white goosefoot, lamb's quarters, fat hen, or pigweed, is a fast-growing, upright, weedy annual variety of the goosefoot, very common in temperate regions, growing almost everywhere in soils rich in nitrogen, especially on wasteland. Its pollen can contribute to hayfever-like allergies. Frequent mowing usually controls the weed as it tends to grow upright. Dandelions, shown here in proliferation, are commonly thought of as weeds. ... An annual is a plant that usually germinates, flowers and dies in one year. ... Species See text Chenopodium is a genus of plant in the family Amaranthaceae, known generically as the Goosefoots. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nitrogen, N, 7 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 15, 2, p Appearance colorless Atomic mass 14. ... SEM image of pollen grains from a variety of common plants: sunflower (Helianthus annuus), morning glory (Ipomea purpurea),hollyhock (Sildalcea malviflora), lily (Lilium auratum), primrose(Oenothera fruticosa), and castor bean (Ricinus communis). ... For the play, see Hay Fever. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

Description

The opposite leaves can be very varied in appearance. The first leaves are somewhat toothed and roughly diamond-shaped. The later leaves are entire and lanceolate-rhomboid, growing in numerous branches. These are unwettable and mealy in appearance, with a whitish coat on the underside. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ...

The tiny flowers are radially symmetrical and grow in small cymes, which then form a branched inflorescence. Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ...

Varieties

This species can be divided in several varieties, but it is difficult to differentiate between them.

• Chenopodium album var. album : Common Lambsquarters, Lambsquarters, White Goosefoot
• Chenopodium album var. microphyllum : Common Lambsquarters, Lambsquarters, White Goosefoot
• Chenopodium album var. missouriense : Common Lambsquarters, Lambsquarters, Missouri Goosefoot, Missouri Lambsquarters, White Goosefoot
• Chenopodium album var. stevensii : Common Lambsquarters, Lamb’s-quarters, Lambsquarters, Stevens' Lambsquarters, White Goosefoot
• Chenopodium album var. striatum : Common Lambsquarters, Lambsquarters, Lateflowering Goosefoot, White Goosefoot

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Agricultural impact

This weed can be a host to the beet leafhopper, an insect which transmits curly top virus to beets. Binomial name Beta vulgaris L. The beet is a plant with a rounded fleshy taproot. ...

Uses

Lambsquarter can be eaten as a vegetable, either steamed in entirety, or the leaves cooked like spinach as a leaf vegetable. Each plant produces tens of thousands of black seeds. These are very nutritious: high in protein, vitamin A, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium. Quinoa is a closely related species grown specifically for its seeds. Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ... Binomial name Spinacia oleracea L. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea, Amaranthaceae) is a leaf vegetable. ... Leaf vegetables, also called greens or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. ... A SeeD is a term given to mercenaries trained and employed by Balamb Garden in the Final Fantasy VIII video game. ... Binomial name Chenopodium quinoa Willd. ...