Some similarities to : Maple-leaved Goosefoot (Chenopodium hybridum) but that has 3 large, wide but pointed teeth on the leaves and the stems are thinner.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics: An Archaeophyte and the only perennial Goosefoot. The mealy leaves, which are longer-than-wide and vaguely isosceles-triangular, are scarcely lobed. The desnse pannicle of small flowers are usually without leaves within the flower-spike itself.

Distinguishing Feature : The leaves

It is a was once used to be cultivated as a vegetable, for the leaves are mealy. It is found near farm buildings, beside roads and pastures in nitrogen-rich areas typical of farms. Scattered locally over most of Britain but rare in North and West Scotland and Ireland.