Common Name: common lambsquarters, white goosefoot, mealweed, fat henScientific Name: Chenopodium album L.Family Name: Chenopodiaceae - Goosefoot FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual, reproducing by seeds Stemsupright, hairless, branched; often appear reddish-purple, red or light green striated, conspicuous grooves Leavesalternate, triangular, toothed, mealy white coating (especially below) Flowersgreen, small, no petals absent; clusters form axillary panicles