Chenopodium ficifolium, the fig-leaved goosefoot or figleaf goosefoot, is a plant species in the family Amaranthaceae originally native to the Irano-Turanian floristic region. It is an archaeophyte weed in Europe and can now be found in temperate crop-growing regions in most of the world.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fig-leaved Goosefoot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chenopodium suecicum
- Chenopodium album
- Chenopodium acerifolium
- Chenopodium striatiforme
- Chenopodium berlandieri
- Chenopodium ucrainicum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Species
- Chenopodium ficifolium
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