Chenopodium album: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Chenopodium albium (wild spinach), wild field, Warsaw, Poland.jpg|thumb|Wild spinach]]

It tends to grow upright at first, reaching heights of {{convert|10–150|cm|frac=2}}, rarely to 3 m); it then typically becomes recumbent after flowering (due to the weight of the foliage and seeds) unless supported by other plants. The [[leaves]] are alternate and varied in appearance. The first leaves, near the base of the plant, are toothed and roughly diamond-shaped, 3–7 cm long and 3–6 cm broad. The leaves on the upper part of the flowering stems are entire and lanceolate-rhomboid, 1–5 cm long and 0.4–2 cm broad; they are waxy-coated, unwettable and mealy in appearance, with a whitish coat on the underside. The small [[flower]]s are radially symmetrical and grow in small cymes on a dense branched [[inflorescence]] 10–40 cm long. Further, the flowers are bisexual and female, with five tepals which are mealy on outer surface, and shortly united at the base.~~<ref name=vicflora/>~~ There are five stamens.

It tends to grow upright at first, reaching heights of {{convert|10–150|cm|frac=2}}, rarely to 3 m); it then typically becomes recumbent after flowering (due to the weight of the foliage and seeds) unless supported by other plants. The [[leaves]] are alternate and varied in appearance. The first leaves, near the base of the plant, are toothed and roughly diamond-shaped, 3–7 cm long and 3–6 cm broad. The leaves on the upper part of the flowering stems are entire and lanceolate-rhomboid, 1–5 cm long and 0.4–2 cm broad; they are waxy-coated, unwettable and mealy in appearance, with a whitish coat on the underside. The small [[flower]]s are radially symmetrical and grow in small cymes on a dense branched [[inflorescence]] 10–40 cm long. Further, the flowers are bisexual and female, with five tepals which are mealy on outer surface, and shortly united at the base. There are five stamens.

===Similar species===

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 [[File:Chenopodium albium (wild spinach), wild field, Warsaw, Poland.jpg|thumb|Wild spinach]]
-It tends to grow upright at first, reaching heights of {{convert|10–150|cm|frac=2}}, rarely to 3 m); it then typically becomes recumbent after flowering (due to the weight of the foliage and seeds) unless supported by other plants. The [[leaves]] are alternate and varied in appearance. The first leaves, near the base of the plant, are toothed and roughly diamond-shaped, 3–7&nbsp;cm long and 3–6&nbsp;cm broad. The leaves on the upper part of the flowering stems are entire and lanceolate-rhomboid, 1–5&nbsp;cm long and 0.4–2&nbsp;cm broad; they are waxy-coated, unwettable and mealy in appearance, with a whitish coat on the underside. The small [[flower]]s are radially symmetrical and grow in small cymes on a dense branched [[inflorescence]] 10–40&nbsp;cm long. Further, the flowers are bisexual and female, with five tepals which are mealy on outer surface, and shortly united at the base.<ref name=vicflora/> There are five stamens.
+It tends to grow upright at first, reaching heights of {{convert|10–150|cm|frac=2}}, rarely to 3 m); it then typically becomes recumbent after flowering (due to the weight of the foliage and seeds) unless supported by other plants. The [[leaves]] are alternate and varied in appearance. The first leaves, near the base of the plant, are toothed and roughly diamond-shaped, 3–7&nbsp;cm long and 3–6&nbsp;cm broad. The leaves on the upper part of the flowering stems are entire and lanceolate-rhomboid, 1–5&nbsp;cm long and 0.4–2&nbsp;cm broad; they are waxy-coated, unwettable and mealy in appearance, with a whitish coat on the underside. The small [[flower]]s are radially symmetrical and grow in small cymes on a dense branched [[inflorescence]] 10–40&nbsp;cm long. Further, the flowers are bisexual and female, with five tepals which are mealy on outer surface, and shortly united at the base. There are five stamens.
 ===Similar species===