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Chenopodium album subsp. album (Fat Hen) |
Chenopodium album subsp. album (AMARANTHACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Chenopodium album subsp. albumL. Published in Sp. Pl. 219 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family) 42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Fat Hen, Lambsquarters | Maltese name(s) : | Għobbejra Bajdanija | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | Frequency : | Very Common
Common Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
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Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jun-Oct | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Wasteground and disturbed areas |
Botanical Description: |
Annual 10-150 cm, usually erect, more or less grey-farinose; stems green or red. Leaves 1-8 x 0.3-5.5 cm, very variable, rhombic-ovate to lanceolate, mostly at least 1½ times as long as wide, entire or shallowly dentate, sometimes more or less 3-lobed. Sepals weakly keeled. Seeds 1.2-1.6(-1.85) mm in diameter, obtusely margined; testa usually marked with faint, radial furrows or (var. reticulatum (Aellen) Uotila) a reticulate pattern, otherwise almost smooth. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=?36, 54 |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All Europe except Svalbard archipelago, introduced in Faroe Islands, and Iceland |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A N) AE Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Az(C F G J L M P S T) Be(L) BH Bl(M N) Br Bu By dCa(C F G H L P T) Cg Co Cr Ct Cy Da Eg Es Fe Ga(F) Ge Gg(G) Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs(A G S) Hu Ir It Jo La Le Li Lt Lu Ma Md(M P) Mk Mo No Po Rf(C CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sr Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [nAz(C F G J L M P S T) Es aFa nIs nPo Rf(A N) aSb aUk(U)] |
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