Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Fat Hen Chenopodium album Praiseach fhiáin Family: Chenopodiaceae Flowering: July-October. Annual. Possibly introduced. Flower clusters whitish or whitish-pink. Whole plant is mealy. Leaves greyish-green, diamond-lanceolate shaped, lobed, entire or blunt-toothed. Angular stems. Very variable. Height: 30-100cm. Very common in gardens, arable and waste ground. Prefers rich, nitrogenous ground. Similar: Common Orache, Atriplex patula

Fat Hen, Chenopodium album, Praiseach fhiáin