Fat-hen
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
