WotD: lamb's quarters (Chenopodium album)

1. der weiße Gänsefuß
2. de melganzenvoet
3. el cenizo
4. el blet blanc
5. le chénopode blanc
6. troed-yr-ŵydd gwyn
7. an blonagán bán
8. komosa biała
9. 명아주
10. 藜 lí
11. 藜 (しろざ, あかざ)

Notes: Alternative common names abound, particularly in the European languages. "Fat hen" seems to be the preferred term in Britain. In the US "lamb's quarters" can also refer to C. berlandieri, an important food plant in prehistoric Eastern North America; a less ambiguous term is "white goosefoot".

I find I have a slight affection for these plants now that I know their name and can reliably identify them. I've been seeing them all my life, but knew them only as "that annoying weed that kind of looks like catnip but never is". I still haven't been able to bring myself to eat them, despite smirking at seeing them for sale at a farmer's market.

Bonus tidbit: "In 2008, celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson recommended henbane as a 'tasty addition to salads' in the August 2008 issue of Healthy and Organic Living magazine. He subsequently said he had made an error, confusing the herb with fat hen, a member of the spinach family. He apologized, and the magazine sent subscribers an urgent message stating that henbane 'is a very toxic plant and should never be eaten.'"