[Goosefoots and Pigweeds: The Genus Chenopodium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Lambsquarters, Lamb's Quarters, Pigweed

Chenopodium album

Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. album, Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium album var. stevensii

Lambsquarters, Lamb's Quarter, Pigweed: Chenopodium album (Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. album, Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium album var. stevensii)

The photos on this page show pigweed as seen along Kreps Lane in Conboy National Wildlife Refuge........July 9, 2006. Note that the inflorescences are axillary or found in the leaf axils of the upper leaves.

Stem leaf of Lambsquarters, Lamb's Quarter, Pigweed: Chenopodium album (Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. album, Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium album var. stevensii)

Greenish upper surface of a leaf blade of lambsquarters.

Stem leaf of Lambsquarters, Lamb's Quarter, Pigweed: Chenopodium album (Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. album, Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium album var. stevensii)

Grayish lower leaf blade surface of lambsquarters.

Paul Slichter