Schraderianum Goosefoot (Chenopodium schraderianum)

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

Chenopodium schraderianum is a ANNUAL growing to 1.2 m (4ft). It is in flower from July to October, 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

Leaves - raw or cooked as a spinach. The raw leaves should only be eaten in small quantities, see the notes above on toxicity. Seed - ground into a powder and used with cereal flours to make bread, cakes etc. — Leaves - raw or cooked as a spinach.; The raw leaves should only be eaten in small quantities, see the notes above on toxicity.; Seed - ground into a powder and used with cereal flours to make bread, cakes etc.; Small and fiddly to utilize, the seed is about 0.8mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Weed infested places. Forest margins, meadows, riversides, around houses, sometimes in fields in northern China. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)