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.