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Chenopodium album

Summary 6

Pollen:Low
Nectar:0

A common weed of cultivated land. (Agnew, A. D. Q. (1974).
Upland Kenya wild flowers.)

Flowering time 1-12, 12-3? Eurasia; now a cosmopolitan weed. Widely distributed in S. Africa, except in the northwest. Found in garden, as well as wheat and vegetable fields. Annual or sometimes a short-lived perennial, frost tolerant, erect herb. Stems and leaves light greyish-green, emitting an unpleasant smell when bruised. Pollen pellets yellow. Only one observation of bee activity made in many years, durning January when other weeds that provieded nectar, were flowering nearby. (Johannsmeier, M. F. (2016). Beeplants of South Africa: Sources of Nectar, Pollen, Honeydew and Propolis for Honeybees)

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  1. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/plant_diversity/4032135322/
  2. (c) Erin Faulkner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erin Faulkner
  3. (c) Andreas Rockstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/74738817@N07/28981563615/
  4. (c) Stefan.lefnaer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chenopodium_album_subsp._album_sl8.jpg
  5. Jacob Sturm, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chenopodium_album_Sturm27.jpg
  6. (c) Megan W., some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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