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Chenopodium polyspermum Many-seeded Goosefoot

Gwydd-Droed Amlhadog

Linnaeus

A usually much branched, prostrate or decumbent annual, with square, red stems and oval, untoothed, pointed leaves which grows in disturbed habitats, waste places and as a weed in gardens, flower beeds and allotments. It may have expanded its range nortwards and westards in Britain in recent years but it is uncommon in West Glamorgan with surprisingly few records.

Archaeophyte

This species has be renamed Lipandra polysperma.

Chenopodium polyspermum - © Barry Stewart
Chenopodium polyspermum - © Barry Stewart

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