Lambsquarters
Chenopodium album L. - Goosefoot familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 10.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Green, Brown
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Lambsquarters: Brephidium exilis, Chrysoesthia lingulacella, Coleophora lineapulvella, Discestra trifolii, Emmelina monodactyla, Epiblema otiosana, Grammia ornata, Grammia parthenice, Helicoverpa zea, Holomelina aurantiaca, Hyles lineata, Hyphantria cunae, Hyppa xylinoides, Loxostege sticticalis, Mamestra configurata, Melanchra picta, Omiodes simialis, Orgyia leucostigma, Papaipema nebris, Pholisora catullus, Polia nebulosa, Pseudoplusia includens, Pyrgus communis, Scrobipalpa atriplecella, Scrobipalpula artemisiella, Spilonota prognathana, Spilosoma pteridis, Spilosoma virginica, Spodoptera eridania, Spodoptera exigua, Spodoptera frugiperda, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Spodoptera praefica, Staphylus hayhurstii, Trichoplusia ni
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.