| 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. | |