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Fat Hen Goosefoot family
Chenopodium album Chenopodiaceae

Fat Hen is a common plant of waste and cultivated ground. It has a white mealy covering all over, and tiny green flowers in dense clusters.
It used to be eaten as a substitute for spinach.

Fat Hen plants Fat Hen flowers

Fat Hen flower close-up




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