Chenopodium album
बथुआசக்கரவர்த்திக் கீரைവാസ്തുചീര
Chenopodium album L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 89 cm
- wide
- 20 cm
Amaranthaceae
Formerly Atriplex alba, Botrys albus
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as mildly poisonous (leaves, seeds, stems) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. to Indian SubcontinentKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 89 cmRead from Wikipedia and Plants For A Future, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 10–150 cm; Plants For A Future 0.9–0.9 m
- Spread
- 20 cmRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, pink, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Spanish
- Cenizo
- French
- Chénopode blanc
- Hindi
- बथुआ
- Tamil
- சக்கரவர்த்திக் கீரை
- Marathi
- चाकवत
- Bangla
- বাসতোকি, বেথুয়া শাক, বেথো শাক
- Malayalam
- വാസ്തുചീര
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Plants For A Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Chenopodium album (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.