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Fat Hen Goosefoot family
Chenopodium album Chenopodiaceae

Fat Hen (or White Goosefoot) is a common plant of waste and cultivated ground. It has a white mealy covering all over, and tiny green flowers in dense clusters.
It used to be eaten as a substitute for spinach.

Fat Hen plants Fat Hen flowers

Flower close-up Flower close-up
Flowers Jagged leaves
(which may or may not be mealy)




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