Common Lambsquarters
Common Name: Common Lambsquarters
Other Names: Lambsquaters, Goosefoot, White Goosefoot
Species Name: Chenopodium album L.
Plant Type: Broadleafs, Herbaceous
Family Name: Chenopodiaceae
Examples of Common Lambsquarters Chenopodium album L.
| Plant Facts | |
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| Origin | Europe |
| Duration | Annual |
| Season | Warm |
| Distribution in the U.S. | Primarily in the Great Plains (NE, SD, ND, KS, OK, TX, MN, MO, MT, WY, CO, NM, AB, SK, MB) |
| Distribution in Oklahoma | Throughout the state |
ID Characteristics
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Field Identification Characteristics
- Flowers: Green calyx, sepals 5; small and inconspicuous, covered with a mealy powder; without petals; sessile
- Inflorescence: Clusters, in dense terminal and axillary paniculate spikes, small compact highly variable leaves
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Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
- Leaf Shape: narrowly trullate to lanceolate (3-6 centimeters long, 2-4 centimeters wide), without hair, tips pointed, margins irregularly wavy or toothed to entire, covered with a mealy powder, especially on the underside
- Stipules: Absent
| Habitat/Ecology | |
|---|---|
| Soil Type | Varying |
| Habitat | In cultivated fields, gardens pasture vacant lots, waste areas and other disturbed soils |
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