Chenopodium vulvaria
Encyclopedia
Stinking Goosefoot or Notchweed, is a foul-smelling plant or weed. The plant is a member of the genus Chenopodium
, the goosefoots.
comes from the Latin term vulvarius ("having a foul smell"), in reference to the fishy odour of crushed leaves.
Chenopodium
Chenopodium is a genus of about 150 species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world. It is placed in the family Amaranthaceae in the APG II system; older classifications separate it and its relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but...
, the goosefoots.
Etymology
The specific epithetEpithet
An epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It is also a descriptive title...
comes from the Latin term vulvarius ("having a foul smell"), in reference to the fishy odour of crushed leaves.