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Photographer: Elizabeth Parnis
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Family Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodium album L.
common lamb's-quarters, lamb's-quarters, pigweed
Chenopodium: from Greek chen, "goose," and pous, "foot," or podion, "a little foot," referring to the shape of the leaves in some species
album: white
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 6"-40" tall, branched forb; stems nodes usually pale |
| Flower: | white to greenish, 5-parted, small, no petals;  inflorescence 1/8" dense balls grouped into spikes; blooms June-Oct. |
| Leaf: | whitish-mealy, lower leaves broadly wider at the base, usually toothed, turning red late in the season |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites, gardens |
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