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Fig. 61-A. Distribution of Lamb's Quarters. 



FRESH OR DRY AIR MATERIAL. 



Orach (Atriplex patula L. var. hastata (L.) Gray.). 



Description. — A pale green or purplish, slightly scurfy, annual, 

 2-3 ft. high ; leaves slender-petioled narrowly lanceolate-hastate, en- 

 tire or somewhat sinuate-dentate ; flowers inconspicuous, interrupted, 

 slender-panicled spikes. 



Distribution. — Found from eastern Canada northeast to Wiscon- 

 sin and Iowa. In Iowa somewhat widely scattered. 



Extermination. — Easily exterminated by cultivation. Sheep are 

 fond of it and may be utilized to destroy the weed. 



