Scientific name: Anthophyta: Dicotyledonae: Caryophyllales: Chenopodiaceae: Chenopodium album
Common Name: Lamb's-quarters
Country: USA
State/District: DC
County: n/a
Date: 26 April 2001
Photographer: E. M. Barrows
Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: Georgetown University Campus
Keywords: A annual forb green flowers GU Lamb's-quarters Pigweed Additional Information: This species is native to Europe.
Its other common names are Cou Gras, Pigweed, and Poulette Grasse.
In the past, people often cooked this species as "greens" that taste similar to chard and spinach.
Figure 1. A seedling.
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