98 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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283. GoosEFooT. Chenopodium murale. Annual weed, 1-2 ft. 

 tall, with stalked, broad-based leaves that are green both 

 sides. Leaves 2-4 in. long, nearly as wide, pointed at the 

 tip, and coarsely toothed. Flowers in small clusters from 

 among the leaves and shorter than them, rarely a few ter- 

 minal. Common as a weed in waste places from Maine to 

 Florida and westward. Native of Europe. June-Sept. A re- 

 lated species, Chenopodium hyhridum, has fewer and coarser 

 teeth, and a long pointed tip to its leaves, and is also a weed 

 found from Quebec to Kentucky, and westward ; occasionally 

 in woods and thickets. 



284. GoosEFOOT OR PiGWEED. Chefiopodium album. One of 

 the commonest weeds throughout the civilized parts of North 

 America. Stems usually branched, 2-8 ft. tall. Leaves alter- 

 nate, 3-veined, nearly always white-mealy on the under sur- 

 face, lance-shaped, pointed at both ends, 1^-4 in. long, 

 stalked and irregularly but coarsely toothed. Flower cluster 

 green, mostly terminal, but sometimes a few among the upper 

 leaves. Native of Europe and Asia. June-Sept. Fig. 284. A 

 similar plant, Chenopodium glaucum, also a nearly cosmopoli- 

 tan European weed, has weak stems, and more regular mar- 

 ginal teeth to its leaves which are green above and white- 

 mealy beneath. 



285. Mexican Tea. Chenopodium amhrosioides. A coarse, 

 usually smooth herb, 2-4 ft. tall, with strong smelling foliage. 



