Common name:
Many-seeded goosefoot
Family:
Scientific name:
Lipandra polysperma
Synonym:
Chenopodium polyspermum
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and southern Scotland
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Arable fields, disturbed ground
Flowers:
Tiny, with five sepals (no petals), green to reddish, plus one to three stamens and two stigmas; in closely-spaced groups subtended by leafy bracts, arranged in an elongated cluster
Fruit:
Small black capsules
Leaves:
Broadly ovate, unlobed and untoothed, hairless (not mealy), with reddish margins, tapering abruptly at the base. On stems that are square in cross-section and usually coloured red
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
