Good-King-Henry

Chenopodium bonus-henricus
Amaranthaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Description

Robust, perennial herb, mealy when young, to 75cm. Leaves triangular to hastate, spinach-like, entire, sinuate, stalks sinuate, slender. Flowers campanulate, in terminal and axillary compound spikes, erect and leafless. Fruits dry; seeds brown.

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens, Hortus De Wolf, Botanischer Garten der Universitat Bonn

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

food