PLANTS Profile for Chenopodium album var. stevensii (Stevens' lambsquarters)

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PLANTS Profile

Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen
Stevens' lambsquarters

Symbol:

CHALS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Chenopodiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen

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Synonyms:
Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen

	CHALD	Chenopodium album L. ssp. dacoticum Aellen
	CHALF	Chenopodium album L. ssp. fallax Aellen

Distribution:
Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, IL, MI, MN, ND, SD, WI), CAN (MB)

Related Taxa:
Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen

View 34 genera in Chenopodiaceae, 51 species in Chenopodium, 7 varieties in Chenopodium album L.

Classification:
Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Chenopodiaceae – Goosefoot family
Genus	Chenopodium L. – goosefoot
Species	Chenopodium album L. – lambsquarters
Variety	Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen – Stevens' lambsquarters

U.S. Weed Information:
Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen

Chenopodium album
common lambsquarters
lambsquarters
white goosefoot

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Chenopodium album L. var. stevensii Aellen

Chenopodium album:

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