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|accepted_name=Chenopodium bonus-henricus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 218. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Good King Henry;allgood;fat-hen;wild spinach
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Chenopodiaceae;Chenopodium;Chenopodium subg. Blitum;Chenopodium sect. Agathophytum;Chenopodium bonus-henricus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Chenopodiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chenopodium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Chenopodium subg. Blitum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chenopodium sect. Agathophytum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chenopodium bonus-henricus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 276
|treatment_page=page 279
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect to ascending, unbranched, 2.5–7.5 dm, somewhat viscid and farinose. <b>Leaves</b> nonaromatic; petiole 1–12 cm; blade triangular to broadly hastate, 4.5–10 × 3–9 cm, base truncate, cordate, or hastate, margins entire, apex acute (acuminate), adaxially sparsely farinose. <b>Inflorescences</b>: dense glomerules sessile on terminal and axillary spikes, spikes 5–19 cm; glomerules 3–5 mm diam., flowers developing at about same time; bracts absent. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth segments connate into 0.4–0.6 mm tube, lobes oblong or elliptic, 0.8–1.5 × 0.5–1.1 mm, apex obtuse, rounded or truncate, scarcely abaxially keeled throughout, glabrous, not covering fruit at maturity; stamens (4–)5; stigmas 2–4. <b>Achenes</b> obovoid; pericarp adherent, ± smooth. <b>Seeds</b> obovoid or rotund, 1.5–2 mm in diam. margins not rounded; seed coat black, rugose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting early summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste areas and cultivated ground
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Alta.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;native to mountains of Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Chenopodium bonus-henricus</i> is widely grown throughout the temperate regions, occasionally escaping.</p>
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name=Chenopodium bonus-henricus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Chenopodiaceae
|phenology=Fruiting early summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste areas and cultivated ground
|elevation=0-200 m
|distribution=Alta.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Ill.;Ky.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;native to mountains of Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Chenopodium
|subgenus=Chenopodium subg. Blitum
|section=Chenopodium sect. Agathophytum
|species=Chenopodium bonus-henricus
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