Chenopodium album Linnaeus var. album . Common name: Lamb's-quarters, Pigweed. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Disturbed soils, gardens. Distribution: Nearly cosmopolitan.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Even with the 'missouriense' entity removed from (treated separately from) Chenopodium album var. album, that taxon likely includes both native and alien races and is now distributed nearly worldwide.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Pa, Tn, Bassett & Crompton (1982), Wahl (1954); = Chenopodium album L. — F, Il, NcTx, Tx; > Chenopodium albescens Small — Tx; < Chenopodium album L. — Ar, Bah, FNA4, G, Mi, NE, NY, Ok, RAB, Tat, W, WH3; > Chenopodium album L. — C; > Chenopodium giganteum Don — Tx, Wahl (1954); > Chenopodium opulentum Schrad. — C; Chenopodium album L. — (basionym)
Links to other floras: < Chenopodium album - FNA4
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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