Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Blitum virgatum > Blitum virgatum virgatumBlitum virgatum virgatum (leafy goosefoot)Synonyms: Blitum korshinskyi; Blitum virgatum f. humile; Blitum virgatum f. zabiense; Botrys ferulatus (heterotypic); Chenopodium blitum (heterotypic); Chenopodium ferulatum (heterotypic); Chenopodium foliosum (homotypic); Chenopodium foliosum var. virgatum; Chenopodium korshinskyi; Chenopodium virgatum (heterotypic); Chenopodium virgatum f. minus; Chenopodium virgatum var. minus; Monocarpus foliosus; Morocarpus foliosus Blitum virgatum, (Syn. Chenopodium foliosum) is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name leafy goosefoot. It is native to Eurasia. It can be found on other continents as an introduced species, growing as a minor weed in disturbed habitats and cultivated land. |
| Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Hazards [2] | The leaves and seeds of all members of this genus are more or less edible. However, many of the species in this genus contain saponins, though usually in quantities too small to do any harm. Although toxic, saponins are poorly absorbed by the body and most pass straight through without any problem. They are also broken down to a large extent in the cooking process. Saponins are found in many foods, such as some beans. Saponins are much more toxic to some creatures, such as fish, and hunting tribes have traditionally put large quantities of them in streams, lakes etc in order to stupefy or kill the fish;
The plants also contain some oxalic acid, which in large quantities can lock up some of the nutrients in the food. However, even considering this, they are very nutritious vegetables in reasonable quantities. Cooking the plants will reduce their content of oxalic acid. People with a tendency to rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity should take especial caution if including this plant in their diet since it can aggravate their condition; | | Lifespan [2] | Annual | | Pollinators [2] | Wind | | Structure [4] | Herb | | Usage [2] | Gold/green dyes can be obtained from the whole plant; | | | Height [2] | 24 inches (0.6 m) | | | Light Preference [3] | Mostly Sunny | | Soil Acidity [3] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [3] | Rich | | Soil Moisture [3] | Mostly Dry |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991)
Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248 ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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