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Taxon:  Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb.



Summary
Genus:
Blitum
Family:
Chenopodiaceae
Subfamily:
Chenopodioideae
Tribe:
Anserineae
Nomen number:
466043
Place of publication:
Fl. germ. excurs. 582. 1832
Verified:
11/30/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Chenopodium bonus-henricus L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42:18.
  2. Fuentes-Bazan, S. et al. 2012. A novel phylogeny-based generic classification for Chenopodium sensu lato, and a tribal rearrangement of Chenopodioideae (Chenopodiaceae). Willdenowia 42:18.
Common names
English
allgood –
fat-hen –
Good King Henry –
mercury –
perennial goosefoot –
wild spinach –
French
épinard sauvage –
ansérine Bon-Henri –
bon Henri –
German
guter Heinrich –
wilder Mehlspinat –
Spanish
buen Enrique –
pie de ganso –
Swedish
lungrot –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMacedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
4Naturalized     
Native
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Weed  CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=466043. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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