White Goosefoot / رُكَب الجَمَل /

Common Goosefoot / Lamb’s-quarters / أَثينة بيضاء / ذنب الكلب / عِترة /

Chenopodium album L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Cooked
  • Raw
Blooming period
May to November
Foraging period
March to November
Seed collection period
September to December

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Chenopodium L.
Family
Amaranthaceae
Wikidata item
Q158610
GBIF Item
Chenopodium album L. (3083838)

References

  1. Chenopodium album L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-31.
  2. Plants For A Future. Chenopodium album - L. (2022, July 31).

Citation

Chenopodium album L. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/825 accessed via barari.org on 10/10/2024.

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