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 also longer-than-wide vaguely isosceles-triangular mealy leaves which are scarcely lobed and the dense panicle of small flowers usually without leaves within the flower spike.

Distinguishing Feature :

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.