Chenopodium album

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAmaranthaceae
Family (Traditional)Chenopodiaceae
GenusChenopodium
Species:Chenopodium album L.
Common NameLambsquarters
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: PK; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Green; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 1
StatusNative; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Ballard (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Boone (KY), Boyd (KY), Bracken (KY), Breathitt (KY), Bullitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carlisle (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Clark (KY), Cumberland (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Fleming (KY), Garrard (KY), Graves (KY), Greenup (KY), Harlan (KY), Hart (KY), Hickman (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Letcher (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Martin (KY), Menifee (KY), Monroe (KY), Montgomery (KY), Nicholas (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Spencer (KY), Trigg (KY), Trimble (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Bradley (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Davidson (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Pickett (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Tipton (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Weakley (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UTM, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1932 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100357340 Anderson Kentucky 02 Sep 1978 William S . Bryant
520
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357480 Madison Kentucky 12 Sep 1982 Ronald L. Jones
3975
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357514 Madison Kentucky 15 Jul 1989 Ronald L. Jones
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357571 Powell Kentucky 08 Jun 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
5725
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012091 Clark Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
ETSU008280 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Chenopodium album
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 20 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009285 Claiborne Tennessee
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009294 Pike Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009312 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009303 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009286 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009298 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009310 Bath Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009305 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009308 Fayette Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357407 Cumberland Kentucky 07 Sep 1997 Ross C. Clark
23791
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357431 Graves Kentucky 09 Jul 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73E7.3
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357423 Fleming Kentucky 29 Sep 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
8063
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012103 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012087 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012101 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012105 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 02 Oct 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009311 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009295 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009301 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009291 Robertson Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009309 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009288 Boyd Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009289 Wolfe Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009306 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357456 Jessamine Kentucky 07 Oct 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11786
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357605 Woodford Kentucky 30 Sep 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3349
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357548 McCracken Kentucky 28 Oct 1970 Raymond Athey
1282
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357472 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Sep 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8306
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357530 Martin Kentucky 14 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9307
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357365 Carter Kentucky 15 Aug 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
11121
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012104 Monroe Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012100 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012092 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012090 Campbell Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012095 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009300 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009290 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009287 Claiborne Tennessee
MDKY
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089860 Fleming Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
31234100357589 Robertson Kentucky 20 Jun 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7375
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357399 Clark Kentucky 01 Sep 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6098
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357597 Robertson Kentucky 15 Aug 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7645
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012085 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012094 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012093 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 25 Nov 2012 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Chenopodium album
31973000008955 Kenton Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
31973000008959 Nicholas Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
31973000008953 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089732 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089864 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089859 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089858 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
UCHT010994 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
31234100357498 Madison Kentucky 05 Oct 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3418
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357373 Carter Kentucky 14 Aug 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
11052
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012088 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012097 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012099 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012107 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
31973000008951 Bracken Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
31973000008948 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089734 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089781 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089797 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089736 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
UCHT011003 Shelby Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
APSC0030532 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058370 Jefferson Kentucky 18 Aug 1943 P.A. Davies
APSC
Chenopodium album
31234100858321 Menifee Kentucky 17 Sep 1988 R.C. Clark
21910
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357415 Fleming Kentucky 29 Sep 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
8045
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357555 Montgomery Kentucky 14 Sep 1984 Julian Campbell
1287
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357613 Carroll Tennessee 09 Oct 1971 Betty Toler Allman
311
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357522 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3747
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012102 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012098 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012086 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
BEREA012089 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
31973000008958 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
31973000008949 Boone Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
31973000008957 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
013807 Shelby Tennessee
BOON
Chenopodium album
APSC0088231 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
31234100357464 Lewis Kentucky 29 Jul 1995 Rudy A. Gelis
M1-734
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357563 Pike Kentucky 22 Jul 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8896
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357357 Breathitt Kentucky 12 Sep 1984 Patricia A. Dalton
998
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100725454 Garrard Kentucky 03 Oct 2011 W.W. Overbeck
1590
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357506 Madison Kentucky 22 Oct 1977 J. Stuart Lassetter
2686
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012096 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
ETSU008281 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Chenopodium album
31973000008952 Campbell Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089785 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089862 Martin Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089783 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089733 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
APSC0058373 Jefferson Kentucky 17 Sep 1932 Bishop
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030535 Christian Kentucky 10 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030517 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
31234100357381 Clark Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 Ralph L. Thompson
96-606
EKY
Chenopodium album
31234100357449 Jackson Kentucky 01 Jul 1992 Joe Abner
92-111
EKY
Chenopodium album
BEREA012106 Rockcastle Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
31973000008956 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009302 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009292 Campbell Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009307 Greenup Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009296 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089865 Woodford Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0242135 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089861 Graves Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
UCHT011000 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
APSC0030510 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0113000 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030526 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009304 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
MDKY00009293 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089780 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089784 Pickett Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089787 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
APSC0030534 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0087840 Jefferson Kentucky 17 Oct 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0100856 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0110269 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030482 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058371 Jefferson Kentucky 25 Jul 1943 P.A. Davies
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030509 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0094573 Christian Kentucky 03 Oct 2009
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0088214 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030508 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089786 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089731 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089863 McCracken Kentucky
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089739 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
APSC0030531 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0109327 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030519 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030518 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0081027 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0068808 Jefferson Kentucky 02 Oct 1988 Max Medley
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058377 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
BRIT109066 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109055 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109063 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BEREA025206 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
APSC0030527 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0100854 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0043884 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
UCHT030900 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
UCHT030902 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
BRIT109059 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
MEM017695 Carlisle Kentucky 26 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4512
MEM
Chenopodium album
MEM018323 Shelby Tennessee 28 Sep 1978 Michele Connelly
77
MEM
Chenopodium album
MEM010910 Tipton Tennessee 15 Sep 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
380
MEM
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089738 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089737 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089782 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
TENN-V-0089735 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Chenopodium album
UCHT010999 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
UCHT010998 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
UCHT010996 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
APSC0080895 Laurel Kentucky 18 Jun 1978
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0048375 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
HTTU014101 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Chenopodium album
APSC0030511 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0042581 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0087842 Jefferson Kentucky 17 Oct 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030533 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0087841 Jefferson Kentucky 17 Oct 1982 Max Medley
APSC
Chenopodium album
UTM01285 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Chenopodium album
BRIT109054 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BEREA025181 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Chenopodium album
ETSU006929 Johnson Tennessee 13 Sep 2013 Frosty Levy
13602
ETSU
Chenopodium album
BRIT109053 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
ETSU031012 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Chenopodium album
MEM009707 Warren Kentucky 27 Jun 1968 Kenneth A. Nicely, H.W. Elmore
2056
MEM
Chenopodium album
APSC0058372 Jefferson Kentucky 08 Aug 1934
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0102458 Jefferson Kentucky 04 Oct 1992 Max Medley
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030513 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058369 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030512 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0101271 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030529 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058375 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030530 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
HTTU001118 Kentucky
HTTU
Chenopodium album
BRIT109058 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
MEM012300 Ballard Kentucky 18 Oct 1977 Raymond Athey
3895
MEM
Chenopodium album
MEM009811 Shelby Tennessee 28 Sep 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
568
MEM
Chenopodium album
APSC0030528 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030520 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0076524 Jefferson Kentucky 21 Sep 1986 Max Medley
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0053806 Montgomery Tennessee 01 Oct 2009 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0073878 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058374 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
MTSU023935 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Chenopodium album
MTSU023937 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Chenopodium album
BRIT109056 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109061 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109060 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109062 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
UCHT030901 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Chenopodium album
APSC0030507 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0058376 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
APSC0030506 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Chenopodium album
BRIT109057 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109064 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
BRIT109065 Tennessee
VDB
Chenopodium album
MEM020415 Hickman Kentucky 12 Sep 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
73F1.6
MEM
Chenopodium album
MEM000670 Fayette Kentucky 28 Sep 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
4810
MEM
Chenopodium album
MEM000564 Shelby Tennessee 10 Jul 1962 J.G. Phillips
s.n.
MEM
Chenopodium album
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Chenopodium album - Dwayne Estes
Chenopodium album - Dwayne Estes
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Chenopodium album - Joey Shaw
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Chenopodium album - Joey Shaw
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Chenopodium album - Milo Pyne
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