Chenopodium opulifolium Schrad. ex W.D.J.Koch & Ziz, 1814

Common names

🇬🇧 Grey Goosefoot
🇫🇷 Chénopode à feuilles d’obier

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with C. album L., 1753, whose lower cauline leaves are strongly trilobed and have a triangular apex, while those of C. opulifolium are little or not trilobed and have a rounded apex. C. opulifolium secondary stems also usually have a spread habit, while those of C. album have an upright habit.

Photographs

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

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

img/chenopodium-opulifolium-3.webp — *Chenopodium opulifolium*

img/chenopodium-opulifolium-4.webp — *Chenopodium opulifolium* - Cauline leaf

Sources

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