Swedish goosefoot

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Swedish goosefoot
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Swedish goose foot ( Chenopodium suecicum )

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Foxtail family (Amaranthaceae)
Subfamily : Chenopodioideae
Tribe : Chenopodieae
Genre : Goose feet ( Chenopodium )
Type : Swedish goosefoot
Scientific name
Chenopodium suecicum
Murr
inflorescence

The Swedish goose foot ( Chenopodium suecicum ), also known as the Swedish goose foot or green goose foot , is a species of plant in the foxtail family (Amaranthaceae). It is native to Central Europe.

description

The Swedish goosefoot is an annual herbaceous plant with heights of 30 to 100 cm. The whole plant resembles the white goosefoot , but is green or light gray-green and only a little floured and later balding. The stem is not reddish, at most the corners of the branches can be spotted red. The alternate leaves are green to gray-green. The leaf blade is rhombic-egg-shaped to elliptical, often basally broadly three-lobed, with a length of up to 10 cm and a width of up to 7 cm. The leaf margin has sharp, forward-facing teeth.

The flower clusters form loose inflorescences. The seed coat has radial grooves and round to elongated, pitted honeycomb pits. The flowering period extends from June to August. The pollination is usually done by the wind.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Occurrence and endangerment

The Swedish goose foot is native to Europe and distributed from the southern temperate zone to the boreal zone . It also has scattered occurrences in Asia (see under web links: Distribution in the northern hemisphere). He rises from the plain to the hill step.

In Central Europe , the Swedish goose foot is rarely found in ruderal vegetation on debris or roadsides, where it inhabits moderately dry to fresh, nutrient-rich soils. It occurs together with the striped goosefoot in the Chenopodietum ruderale .

In Germany it is considered an archaeophyte , or it was possibly already indigenous without human intervention. Here you can find it mainly in the north and northeast, in the south there are only individual finds. This species is not endangered nationwide, but in Saxony it is considered severely endangered ( Red List of Endangered Species 2).

Systematics

The first publication of Chenopodium suecicum was made in 1902 by Josef Murr in Magyar Botanikai Lapok , 1, S. 341st

Synonyms of Chenopodium suecicum Murr are Chenopodium pseudopulifolium (Scholz) Murr and Chenopodium album subsp. pseudopulifolium (Scholz) Murr . The name Chenopodium viride or Chenopodium album subsp. viride used for this.

use

The leaves of the Swedish goosefoot can be cooked raw or cooked like spinach . Raw leaves should because of their content of saponins are, however, consumed only in small quantities. The seeds can be ground as a flour additive. It is recommended that you soak them overnight and then rinse them thoroughly to remove the saponins.

The whole plant can be used as a coloring plant for golden-green shades.

supporting documents

  • Henning Haeupler, Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany . Ed .: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (=  The fern and flowering plants of Germany . Volume 2 ). Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3364-4 , pp. 90 . (Sections Description, Occurrence)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in Botanik im Bild / Flora von Österreich, Liechtenstein and Südtirol
  2. ↑ Werner Rothmaler: Exkursionsflora , Volume 4, Berlin, People and Knowledge, 1982, p. 170
  3. ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora . With the collaboration of Theo Müller. 5th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1983, ISBN 3-8001-3429-2 , pp. 344 .
  4. ↑ Entry at BiolFlor
  5. ↑ a b Entry in Tropicos , accessed February 8, 2012
  6. ↑ a b c Swedish goosefoot. In: FloraWeb.de.
  7. ↑ a b Pertti Uotila, 2011: Chenopodiaceae (pro parte majore): Chenopodium suecicum - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. , accessed February 8, 2012
  8. ↑ a b Entry in Plants For A Future , accessed February 8, 2012

Web links

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