Please help me ID Plant. thought it was tomato

Hi There,

Several months ago, a little plant started growing amidst my nursery plants... I thought it was a tomato plant, but, as it started to grow larger, I began to think, perhaps... it wasn't a tomato plant after all.

Would someone possibly be able to help me ID this plant? Picture is attached.

Thanks.

 

Hi,
It's a Chenopodium album I think.

 

Thanks for the reply.. that was real quick...

em... It's my first time growing stuff, actually.... what's a Chenopodium album? Is it a weed? Plant? Tree? What is it for? Any idea how did it got into my tomato pot??

Thanks!

 

Hi again,
Well actually Chenopodium album is usually considered as a weed. It is an annual and is also edible. You can cook it like spinach. I think a seed simply managed to reach your tomato pot and germinate there.

 

Many thanks Jerebox. Now I can stop allocating a whole pot for the weed!

:)

 

Yep, definitely a Chenopodium album or Lamb's Quarters as I grew up knowing it. If you get enough of them and boil them up like Spinach they are actually pretty tasty.