Oak-Leaved Goosefoot (Chenopodium glaucum)

Family: Chenopodiaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Chenopodium glaucum is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is in flower from June to September, and the seeds ripen from August to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Young leaves and shoot tips - cooked and used like spinach. The raw leaves should only be eaten in small quantities, see the notes above on toxicity. Seed - cooked. — Young leaves and shoot tips - cooked and used like spinach.; The raw leaves should only be eaten in small quantities, see the notes above on toxicity.; Ground into a powder and used with wheat or other cereals in making bread etc.; The seed is very small and fiddly, about 0.75mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Rich waste ground, rarely by the sea-shore, in Britain. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)