Swedish Goosefoot, Göteborg, Dec 12th, 2000

Back in September
I never put this Chenopodic weed (perhaps a Meagre Hen?) on a page
because I could not properly identify it.

As opposed to the sample
that had leaves of the broader shape I associate with the Fat Hen
which had all but vanished in the leaf mulch of its patch when I returned
this one is still going strong
in some of the protective cages around young trees by the mall.

Its stamina deserves celebration, even without a proper label.

Chenopodium suecicum
Svenskmålla i mars, i september, i juli och i november

Confusable with Fat Hen:
found in September
(almost) absent in December
and erroneously taken for polyspermum later in December.

Eva Ekeblad, 2000