Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Chenopodium album L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Chenopodium album
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
Common Lambsquarters, Fat Hen, Fat-hen, Giant Fat-hen, Lambs Quarters, Lambsquarters, Lambsquarters Goosefoot, Pigweed, White Goosefoot, lamb's-quarters, lamb’s-quarters
Names in other languages (137)Ackermelde, Ak kazayağı, Ancarinha-branca, Ağımtıl tərə, Baltoji balanda, Blet blanc, Blodau'r Domen, Borbas-Gänsefuß, Běła pólšica, Cenizo, Chenopode blanc, Chénopode blanc, Chénopode blanc, Senousse, Càl Slapach, Drageline, Díkʼǫ́ǫ́zhí yiltʼąąʼí, Farinello comune, Farinèl, Farinèla, Farinèle, Fariñento, Fariñón, Farnelo, Farnento, Fat-hen (EN); Cenizo blanco (ES), Fehér libatop, Gwydd-Droed Bwytadwy, Gwydd-Droed Gwyn, Gwydd-Droed Gwynaidd, Hvidmelet gåsefod, K'ita kinwa, Khuchi kinwa, Kinwilla, Komosa biała, Kuchi kinwa, Laba gastei, Llikcha, Lliqcha, Mayeule, Melganzenvoet, Melganzevoet, Pepeljuga, Poule-grasse, Sabi hostozuri, Saviheinä, Schissmelle, Senousse, Tafod yr Oen, Troed yr Wydd, Troed yr Wydd Gwynaidd, Troed-yr-Ŵydd Gwyn, Tłʼohdeeítsoh, Valge hanemalts, Weisser Gaensefuss, Weisser Gänsefuss, Weißer Gänsefuß (Artengruppe), Weißer Gänsefuß (DE); Lamb's Quarters, Withondebossie, ajea, altos, anserina-branca, ansérine blanche, ançarinha-branca, armuelle, armuelle borde, armuelle silvestre, armuelles bordes, armuelles silvestres, bela metlika, berza de perros, berza perruna, bledo, bledos, bledos pestosos, bletos, burriquesos, cagadós, cañizo, cedijo, cenicera, cenilgo, ceniso, cenizo blanco, cenizo común, cenizo verde, cenizos, ceñidros, ceñiglo, ceñiglo blanco, ceñiglo verde, ceñiglos, ceñigo, ceñilgo, ceñilgos, ceñilos, ceñisgo, chamarisco, chinizo, chou gras, cimielga, cincho, cisno, ciñidro, ciñilgos, ciñilos, ciñiplu, ciñublo, dançarina-branca, desajo, engordagochos, erva-de-são-joão, erva-formigueira-branca, falsa-erva-de-Santa-Maria, fedegosa, fenifo, fenijo, flor de la sardina, formigueira-branca, gajo, genifro, genijo, genillo, hagea lebrel, hierba cana, hvid melde, iwa-akaza, jajo, jajo caballar, jajo rastrero, jauhosavikka, jenijo, jáffolasta, lamb's quarters, ledo blanco, li, mata sucia, medlestokk
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Caryophyllales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Amaranthaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Chenopodium
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
album
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Chenopodium album
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Not evaluated (NE)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 15:21.
Photo of Chenopodium album L.
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Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 15:21.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 15 is eaten by × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is visited by × is adjacent to × has as a parasite × is pollinated by × has its flowers visited by × is a mutualist of × co-occurs ecologically with × is a parasite of × 3 more types with data for this species

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is eaten by 234 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria Fringillidae is eaten by 23 not compared
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus Fringillidae is eaten by 15 not compared
Black Bean Aphid Aphis fabae Aphididae is eaten by 8 no location
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui is eaten by 6 not compared
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interacts with 188 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Six-spot Neb Chrysoesthia sexguttella Gelechiidae interacts with 157 not compared
Norvellina chenopodii Cicadellidae interacts with 25 not compared
Common Lamb's-quarters Chenopodium album Amaranthaceae interacts with 14 not compared
Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus Hesperiidae interacts with 11 not compared
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is a host of 171 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Beet Downy Mildew Peronospora effusa Peronosporaceae is a host of 343 not compared
Cercospora dubia Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 263 not compared
Beet Downy Mildew Peronospora farinosa Peronosporaceae is a host of 248 not compared
Passalora dubia Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 100 not compared
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interacts with 43 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola Asteraceae interacts with 2 not compared
oats Avena Poaceae interacts with 2 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Hirschfeldia incana Brassicaceae interacts with 2 not compared
Bread Wheat Triticum aestivum Poaceae interacts with 2 not compared
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is visited by 25 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Chenopodium Aphid Hayhurstia atriplicis Aphididae is visited by 4 not compared
Six-spot Neb Chrysoesthia sexguttella Gelechiidae is visited by 4 not compared
Small Tortoise Beetle Cassida piperata Chrysomelidae is visited by 2 not compared
Beet Downy Mildew Peronospora farinosa Peronosporaceae is visited by 2 not compared
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is adjacent to 22 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Cercospora dubia Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 51 not compared
Beet Downy Mildew Peronospora effusa Peronosporaceae is adjacent to 26 not compared
Beet Downy Mildew Peronospora farinosa Peronosporaceae is adjacent to 16 not compared
Passalora dubia Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 7 not compared
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has as a parasite 20 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Asecodes erxias Eulophidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Pnigalio soemius Eulophidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Anaphes iole Mymaridae has as a parasite 2 no location
Tamarixia bicolor Eulophidae has as a parasite 2 no location
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Pollination

is pollinated by 9 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Lycaenidae is pollinated by 1 no location
Black-tailed Aphideater Eupeodes luniger Syrphidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii Syrphidae is pollinated by 1 no location
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Syrphidae is pollinated by 1 no location
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 8 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Common Flower Fly Syrphus ribesii Syrphidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
Peck's Skipper Polites peckius Hesperiidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula Eumenidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
Stenoria analis Meloidae has its flowers visited by 1 not compared
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is a mutualist of 4 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Incomplete Sweat Bee Lasioglossum incompletum Halictidae is a mutualist of 1 no location
Margined Calligrapher Toxomerus marginatus Syrphidae is a mutualist of 1 no location
Lasioglossum diversopunctatum Halictidae is a mutualist of 1 no location
Exotic Streaktail Allograpta exotica Syrphidae is a mutualist of 1 no location
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co-occurs ecologically with 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon Noctuidae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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is a parasite of 1 organism

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Puccinia aff. coronata ML-2011 Pucciniaceae is a parasite of 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.