Chenopodium album L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Fat-hen
🇫🇷 Chénopode blanc, Senousse

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Chenopodioideae
Tribe: Atripliceae
Genus: Chenopodium
Species: Chenopodium album

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz, 1814, whose lower cauline leaves are little or not trilobed and have a rounded apex, while those of C. album are strongly trilobed and have a triangular apex. C. album secondary stems also usually have an upright habit, while those of C. opulifolium have a spread habit.

Possible confusion with C. vulvaria L., 1753, whose leaves are all entire, while those of C. album are toothed, at least the lower ones. C. vulvaria leaves also emit a foul odor when crushed.

Hybridizes with C. giganteum D.Don, 1825 to produce C. × eynieri Ludw. & Aellen, 1929.

Photographs

img/chenopodium-album.webp — *Chenopodium album*

img/chenopodium-album-2.webp — *Chenopodium album*

img/chenopodium-album-3.webp — *Chenopodium album* - Cauline leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 315). Biotope.