Missouri Lambsquarters Chenopodium album LinnaeusNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: Chenopodium album var. missouriense, Chenopodium amaranticolor, Chenopodium giganteum, Chenopodium lanceolatum, Chenopodium missouriense, Chenopodium paganum, Common Lambsquarters, Lamb’s-Quarters, Lamb's Quarters, Pigweed, White Goosefoot.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Caryophyllales   >   Family Amaranthaceae   >   Genus Chenopodium   

Status:

Native to Eurasia. Naturalized throughout most of the world. Commonly found across Maryland in fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas.

Description:

A branching weed, with diamond-shaped leaves that are broadly toothed and often mealy-white beneath. Flowers are small and greenish, and may turn reddish.

Relationships:

Host plant for Common Sootywing and Hayhurst's Scallopwing.

Larval host plant for the moth Scythris sinensis. Distinctive leafmines caused by the non-native Orache Leafminer Moth.

There are 180 records in the project database.

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Missouri Lambsquarters blooming in Talbot Co., Maryland (9/2/2013). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters in Washington Co., Maryland (11/5/2019). Photo by Mary Ann Daly. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/7/2016). Photo by Kirsten Johnson. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/7/2010). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters in Kent Co., Maryland (5/26/2016). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters growing in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/6/2018). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters in Dorchester Co., Maryland (10/13/2013). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters growing in Kent Co., Maryland (7/16/2016). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters hosting Orache Leafminer Moth larvae in Harford Co., Maryland (5/28/2018). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters mined by Orache Leafminer Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (10/8/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

Missouri Lambsquarters in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/13/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)


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