Chenopodium album var. album(lamb's quarters, "Shiroza")
Japanese name: シロザ Scientific name:Chenopodium album var. album
[Overview]
An annual 0.6–1 m tall, found along roadsides and in wasteland and fields.
The stem branches well and is erect.
Plants found in fields sometimes branch from the base and reach only about 20 cm in height.
The leaves are simple and alternate, 1.5–7 cm long and 1–5 cm wide, rhombic-ovate to lanceolate, with irregular teeth on the margin.
Young leaves are densely covered with white powder at the base of the upper surface.
The shape of the leaves varies.
Small yellow-green flowers are borne in panicle-like inflorescences at the stem tips and in the upper leaf axils.
The fruit is an ovoid utricle, and the seeds are black.
[Uses]
The young leaves are edible, and the plant is also used medicinally.
