[The Amaranth and Goosefoot Families in Mt. Adams Country]

Pigweed

Chenopodium album

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

Lambsquarters, 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.

Upper leaf surface of Lambsquarters, Pigweed: Chenopodium album (Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. album, Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium album var. stevensii)

Greenish upper surface of a leaf blade.

Lower leaf surface of Lambsquarters, Pigweed: Chenopodium album (Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. album, Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium album var. stevensii)

Grayish lower leaf blade surface.

Paul Slichter