Chenopodium bonus-henricus

Scientific name: Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.
Common name: Good King Henry

Description
Habit: A stout perennial, to 60 cm high.
Stems: Erect, nearly unbranched stems.
Leaves: Dark green, mealy when young, triangular, with prominent basal lobes, otherwise entire or shallowly lobed.
Flowers: Green to red, hermaphrodite, in terminal nearly leafless panicles; tepals 4-5; stamens 4-5.
Fruits: An achene, seeds dark brown or black, surrounded by thin, translucent or silvery fruit wall, fruit enclosed by tepals.

Habitat: Roadsides and waste places, near houses.
Distribution: Local or rare.

Native status: Not native
Of conservation interest: No

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