Chenopodium L. >
Stamens 4–5 Chenopodium
Plants erect
Leaves mealy-white, sinuately toothed, 3–6 cm long, ovate to rhomboidal (upper leaves lanceolate, entire). Stems angular, ribbed. Flowers in a terminal spreading panicle. Annual 1–2 m high. Widespread. Weed of cultivation and waste places. Introd. from temp. and trop. areas. Fl. chiefly winter. Fat-hen Chenopodium album