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Common Lambsquarters

Chenopodium album

Common Lambsquarters is a leafy green plant that grows in gardens and fields. Its leaves are soft and can be a little fuzzy. This plant is often found in places where the soil is disturbed.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Common Lambsquarters is an upright plant with variable, often somewhat triangular, gray-green leaves. Its leaves, especially new ones, have a distinctive powdery, mealy coating. Its tiny green flowers are clustered in spikes at the stem tops, lacking colorful petals.

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Common Lambsquarters

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Common

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Interessante Fakten

Its seeds were found in ancient Roman ruins, showing people ate it long ago!

Some call it 'goosefoot' because its leaves can look like a goose's foot.

This super plant can produce over 75,000 seeds from just one plant!

Young lambsquarters leaves taste a bit like mild spinach, even raw!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Seed Survivor

Common Lambsquarters has seeds that can stay alive in the soil for over a century, waiting for the perfect moment to sprout!

Fähigkeit

Nutrient Magnet

Common Lambsquarters can efficiently pull nutrients from poor soil, allowing it to grow where other plants struggle.

Fähigkeit

Powder Power

Common Lambsquarters has a mealy coating on its leaves that helps it hold onto water and may deter hungry critters.

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-300 cm
Ausbreitung
15-100 cm
Blütengröße
0.1-0.3 cm
Blütezeit
Summer_to_fall
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Wind

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Feeds on its nutrient-rich seeds.

eats

European Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Browses on its tender young leaves.

eats

Tarnished Plant Bug

Lygus lineolaris

Feeds on its stems and leaves.

eats

Cabbage Moth

Mamestra brassicae

Its larvae feed on the leaves.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Wild Spinach

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Sicherheit

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Always ask an adult before touching or eating any wild plants.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Common Lambsquarters?

30-300 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Common Lambsquarters?

15-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Common Lambsquarters?

0.1-0.3 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Common Lambsquarters?

Summer_to_fall

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Common Lambsquarters?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Common Lambsquarters?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Common Lambsquarters?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Common Lambsquarters?

Wind

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