Fat-hen
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album
Importance
Common in vegetable crops and spring cereals. Removes great quantities of nutrients from the soil. Likes nitrogen.
1. Cotyledons and first leaves are mealy, giving them a silvery appearance. The cotyledons are purplish beneath, borne on a purple stem.
2. The true leaves have toothed margins and are relatively broad.
3. An annual of erect habit, with dense clusters of small green flowers. © Alamy Ltd