Chenopodium vulvaria in Genus Chenopodium

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Internal ID	UUID644010d83172d180552629
Scientific name	Chenopodium vulvaria
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 220 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Culinary references record young leaves and shoots of Chenopodium vulvaria as an edible potherb when boiled. Uses as “poor man’s spinach,” greens, or salad are occasionally mentioned in local floras and ethnobotanical notes, though this use is not widespread.

Industrial and craft applications:
No distinct industrial, craft, or fiber uses are reported.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Reported uses are limited to boiled greens for human consumption; no processed foods or beverages derived from the species are documented.

Colorants and tanning:
No reports of dye, tannin, or colorant use.

Wood and fiber:
No wood, timber, fiber, or bast-fiber uses are documented.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance, essential oil, or cosmetic uses are recorded.

Properties relevant to use:
Edibility of leaves is attributed to mild flavor after boiling and seasonal availability; no chemical data enabling other uses are reported.

Standards and regulation:
No relevant standards or regulatory frameworks are reported.

Sustainability and sourcing:
As a widespread ruderal in Eurasia, the plant occurs in disturbed, nitrogen-rich sites. No cultivation or commercial harvesting for food is documented, and it is not listed among threatened species.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Ambrina graveolens	(Lag. & Rodr.) Moq.	Chenop. Monogr. Enum. : 41 (1840)
Anserina foetida	(Lam.) Montandon	Syn. Fl. Jura 264. 1856
Atriplex vulvaria	(L.) Garsault	Fig. Pl. Med. 2: t. 161. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 113. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 787.
Botrydium schraderi	Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 299 (1836)
Chenopodium effusum	M.Martens & Galeotti	Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 346 (1843)
Chenopodium foetidum	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 244 (1779)
Chenopodium graveolens	Lag. & Rodr.	Anales Ci. Nat. 5: 70 (1802)
Chenopodium olidum	Curtis	Fl. Londin. 6: t. 20 (1791)
Chenopodium quercifolium	Moq.	Prodr. 13(2): 74 (1849)
Chenopodium trilobatum	Moq.	Prodr. 13(2): 76 (1849)
Chenopodium vulvaria var. microphyllum	Moq.	Chenop. Monogr. Enum. 24 1840
Chenopodium vulvaria var. incisum	Maire	Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 34: 184 1943
Atriplex vulvularia	(L.) Crantz	Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 207 1766

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	stinking goosefoot
Spanish	mea-perros
Spanish	sardinera
Spanish	mea perros
Spanish	hierba sardinera
Spanish	hagea hedionda
Spanish	cenizo hediondo
Belarusian	лебяда смярдзючая
Bulgarian	струпейниче
Catalan	herba sardinera
Czech	merlík smrdutý
Welsh	troed-yr-ŵydd drewllyd
German	stink-gänsefuß
German	Übelriechender gänsefuss
German	Übelriechender gänsefuß
German	stinkender gänsefuß
Estonian	haisev hanemalts
Finnish	haisusavikka
French	chénopode fétide
Latvian	siļķu balanda
Dutch	stinkende ganzenvoet
Polish	komosa mierzliwa
Russian	Марь вонючая
Swedish	stinkmålla
Ukrainian	Лобода смердюча
Chinese	菊叶香藜
Chinese	菊葉香藜

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Africa click to expand
- Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands
  - Madeira
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria
  - Libya
  - Morocco
  - Tunisia

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Yemen
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- Middle Asia
  - Kirgizstan
  - Tadzhikistan
  - Turkmenistan
  - Uzbekistan
- Russian Far East
  - Amur
  - Primorye
- Siberia
  - Altay
  - Tuva
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan
  - Cyprus
  - East Aegean Islands
  - Iran
  - Iraq
  - Lebanon-Syria
  - Palestine
  - Sinai
  - Turkey

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - South Australia
  - Victoria
- New Zealand
  - New Zealand South

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - Krym
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark
  - Finland
  - Great Britain
  - Ireland
  - Norway
  - Sweden
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Kriti
  - Romania
  - Sicilia
  - Turkey-in-Europe
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares
  - Corse
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Missouri
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Indiana
  - Michigan
  - New York
  - Pennsylvania
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Delaware
  - Florida
  - Maryland
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California

Southern America click to expand
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northwest
  - Argentina South
  - Chile Central
  - Chile North

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000601914
UNII	0VSD1H8IW4
Florida Plant Atlas	1412
Flora of Alabama	1503
Canadensys	4533
USDA Plants	CHVU
Tropicos	7200103
INPN	90836
Flora of Italy	463
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:165311-1
The Plant List	kew-2717921
Open Tree Of Life	1022561
Observations.org	2434
NCBI Taxonomy	1072232
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000003090
Nature Serve	2.137882
IPNI	165311-1
iNaturalist	76288
GBIF	3083932
Freebase	/m/0827x4
EPPO	CHEVU
EOL	585970
Elurikkus	3688
Calflora (Californian flora)	1991
USDA GRIN	10196
Wikipedia	Chenopodium_vulvaria
Plantarium	10213

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_046718575.1	ASM4671857v1	Chromosome	Brigham Young University	2025-01-15	25	380.66 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Kenya

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Manda RR, Schulz OM, Akrivou A, Antonatos S, Beris D, Debode J, Kritikos C, Kormpi M, Lacomme C, Manceau C, Papachristos D, Reppa C, Gardi C, Potting R

EFSA J

25-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11044013
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8742
PMID:	38665158

Ethnopharmacobotany and Diversity of Mediterranean Endemic Plants in Marmilla Subregion, Sardinia, Italy

Cocco E, Maccioni D, Sanjust E, Falconieri D, Farris E, Maxia A

Plants (Basel)

18-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9695302
doi:	10.3390/plants11223165
PMID:	36432894

Organic Mulches as an Alternative to Conventional Under-Vine Weed Management in Mediterranean Irrigated Vineyards

Cabrera-Pérez C, Valencia-Gredilla F, Royo-Esnal A, Recasens J

Plants (Basel)

20-Oct-2022

PMCID:	PMC9608967
doi:	10.3390/plants11202785
PMID:	36297812

New Weed Hosts for Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus in Wild Mediterranean Vegetation

Salem NM, Abumuslem M, Turina M, Samarah N, Sulaiman A, Abu-Irmaileh B, Ata Y

Plants (Basel)

01-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9460064
doi:	10.3390/plants11172287
PMID:	36079668

Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy)

Iamonico D

Plants (Basel)

15-Aug-2022

PMCID:	PMC9414419
doi:	10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:	36015425

Sorting out the plants responsible for a contamination with pyrrolizidine alkaloids in spice seeds by means of LC-MS/MS and DNA barcoding: Proof of principle with cumin and anise spice seeds

Willocx M, Van der Beeten I, Asselman P, Delgat L, Baert W, Janssens SB, Leliaert F, Picron JF, Vanhee C

Food Chem (Oxf)

01-Jan-2022

PMCID:	PMC8991971
doi:	10.1016/j.fochms.2021.100070
PMID:	35415703

Impacts of Nicotiana glauca Graham Invasion on the Vegetation Composition and Soil: A Case Study of Taif, Western Saudi Arabia

Assaeed AM, Alharthi AS, Abd-ElGawad AM

Plants (Basel)

25-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8708854
doi:	10.3390/plants10122587
PMID:	34961058

An unknown hotspot of plant diversity in the heart of the Central Apennine: flora and vegetation outline of Mt. Pozzoni-St. Rufo valley (Cittareale, Rieti)

Lattanzi E, Del Vico E, Tranquilli R, Farris E, Marignani M, Rosati L

PhytoKeys

31-May-2021

PMCID:	PMC8390790
doi:	10.3897/phytokeys.178.62947
PMID:	34475797

Gathered Wild Food Plants among Diverse Religious Groups in Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan

Majeed M, Bhatti KH, Pieroni A, Sõukand R, Bussmann RW, Khan AM, Chaudhari SK, Aziz MA, Amjad MS

Foods

11-Mar-2021

PMCID:	PMC7999103
doi:	10.3390/foods10030594
PMID:	33799901

Local Factors Rather than the Landscape Context Explain Species Richness and Functional Trait Diversity and Responses of Plant Assemblages of Mediterranean Cereal Field Margins

Pallavicini Y, Bastida F, Hernández-Plaza E, Petit S, Izquierdo J, Gonzalez-Andujar JL

Plants (Basel)

22-Jun-2020

PMCID:	PMC7356665
doi:	10.3390/plants9060778
PMID:	32580354

Pragmatics in language change and lexical creativity

Allan K

Springerplus

17-Mar-2016

PMCID:	PMC4794474
doi:	10.1186/s40064-016-1836-y
PMID:	27066361

Enhancing the Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives in England

Fielder H, Brotherton P, Hosking J, Hopkins JJ, Ford-Lloyd B, Maxted N

PLoS One

25-Jun-2015

PMCID:	PMC4481409
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0130804
PMID:	26110773

Piecing together the biogeographic history of Chenopodium vulvaria L. using botanical literature and collections

Groom QJ

PeerJ

08-Jan-2015

PMCID:	PMC4304866
doi:	10.7717/peerj.723
PMID:	25653906

Nuclear DNA Amounts in Angiosperms: Progress, Problems and Prospects

BENNETT MD, LEITCH IJ

Ann Bot

01-Jan-2005

PMCID:	PMC4246708
doi:	10.1093/aob/mci003
PMID:	15596457

Flavonoids and terpenoids of Chenopodium graveolens

Rachel Mata, Andrés Navarrete, Laura Alvarez, Rogelio Pereda-Miranda, Guillermo Delgado, Alfonso Romo de Vivarf

Elsevier BV

25-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohol esters
Geranyl acetate	1549026	Click to see CC(=CCCC(=CCOC(=O)C)C)C	196.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Elemane sesquiterpenoids
(1S,2S,4S,5S)-5-ethenyl-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-5-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexan-1-ol	14138884	Click to see CC(=C)C1CC(C(CC1(C)C=C)O)C(C)(C)O	238.37	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Eudesmane, isoeudesmane or cycloeudesmane sesquiterpenoids
(+)-4-Epi-cryptomeridiol	70698175	Click to see CC12CCCC(C1CC(CC2)C(C)(C)O)(C)O	240.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
7-(2-Hydroxypropan-2-yl)-1,4a-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-ol	4655876	Click to see CC12CCCC(C1CC(CC2)C(C)(C)O)(C)O	240.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
Cryptomeridiol	165258	Click to see	240.38	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones / Diterpene lactones
(11S)-11-[(4-hydroxy-8,8-dimethyl-5-oxo-2-propan-2-yl-6,7-dihydrophenanthren-3-yl)oxy]-8,8-dimethyl-4-propan-2-yl-10,11-dihydro-9H-benzo[i][2]benzoxepine-1,3-dione	163035220	Click to see	594.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
beta-Sitosterol 3-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside	296119	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
Sitogluside	5742590	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C	576.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
Stigmasterol	5280794	Click to see	412.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Flavanones
Pinocembrin	68071	Click to see C1C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C2C1=O)O)O)C3=CC=CC=C3	256.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
Chrysin	5281607	Click to see	254.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids
(-)-Pinostrobin	73201	Click to see	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5
Pinostrobin	6950539	Click to see COC1=CC(=C2C(=O)CC(OC2=C1)C3=CC=CC=C3)O	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81509-5

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Chenopodium vulvaria

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Details Top

Ethnobotanical Use Top

General Uses Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Scientific Literature Top

Phytochemical Profile Top

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