Chenopodium albumL. - White Goosefoot
Scientific Description:
Annual, 20−150 cm. Leaves 2−8 × 1−5 cm, rhombic, deltoid or ovate-lanceolate, entire or denticulate, the lower often 3-lobed, mealy beneath. Flowers in glomeruli arranged in terminal or axillary spikes, racemes or cymes. Perianth segments with a rounded keel (± sharp when dried) on the back. Pericarp free. Seed obtuse on the margins, nearly smooth with shallow, radial furrows.
Flowering time: May–August
Habitat: Waste places, cultivated land, s.l.−2000 m.
Reference:
Aellen P (1967).Chenopodium album L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 304.
Public Description:
Native range of Chenopodium album, known as “whitegoosefoot”and “lamb's quarters”, is obscuredue to extensive cultivation all over the world. However, it is believed that its origins are based on Asia and Europe. It is an annual herbaceous plant with small flowers, up to 150 cm in length. It blooms between May and August and is found waste places and cultivated land. The white goosefoot is regarded as a field weed or invader in Europe and North America when it is grown in some parts of Asia and Africa as a substitute for spinach or as an animal feed plant. Some goosefoot seeds, such as quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) and kaniwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule Aellen), which are very popular in recent years and blended into grains, gluten-free and have high protein and fiber content, are obtained from species that are related to "Chenopodium album L." in the same genus. Many Chenopodium L. species, especially white goosefoot, produce abundant allergen pollen, which can cause an allergic effect on many people and cause hay fever.
References:
Anonymous (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_album, Accessed date: 04.01.2016.
Yaprak A E (2012). Chenopodium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 24–25.