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Scientific Name: | Chenopodium album |
Common Name: | lamb's quarters, pigweed |
Family Name: | Amaranthaceae |
Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C) |
Plant Type: | Annual (true), Weed (horticultural) |
Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Pyramidal - widely |
Texture: | Medium |
Landscape Uses: | Herb, Urban agriculture |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Dentate, Entire, Pinnately lobed |
Flowers: | Panicle, White, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Black, Sep-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves alternate, ovate, most blades 5-7cm long x 3-6cm wide; margin entire when immature then becoming lobed to dentate, petioles of lower leaves longer than blade. |