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Common Lambsquarters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Larry W. Mitich
Larry W. Mitich*
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Dep. Bot., Univ. Calif., Davis, CA 95616
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Common lambsquarters or fat hen (Chenopodium album L. # CHEAL) was classified by Linneaus in 1753. The generic name is from the Greek chen, a goose, and pous or podos, a foot; the leaf shape of plants in this genus are reminiscent of goose feet. The goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, includes many vegetables: table beets, sugar beets, spinach, and mangold. The name ‘fat hen’, used for several plants of the Goosefoot family, was first published in English in 1795.

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Intriguing World of Weeds
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Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , October 1988 , pp. 550 - 552
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Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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