Irish wildflowers sitemap





Fat Hen
Chenopodium album
Praiseach fhiáin
Family: Chenopodiaceae

Flowering: July-October. Annual. Possibly introduced.

Flower clusters whitish or whitish-pink. Whole plant is mealy.
Leaves greyish-green, diamond-lanceolate shaped, lobed, entire
or blunt-toothed. Angular stems. Very variable. Height: 30-100cm.

Very common in gardens, arable and wasteland.
Prefers rich, nitrogenous ground.

     
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