Chenopodium giganteum D. Don

Raab-Straube, Eckhard von & Raus, Thomas, 2025, Euro + Med-Checklist Notulae, 18, Willdenowia 55 (1), pp. 107-144 : 113

Chenopodium giganteum D. Don

N Al: Albania: Prefecture of Shkodër, Municipality of Velipojë, Velipojë, Alfons-Tracki-Street at St Nicholas church, 41°52'21"N, 19°24'12"E, 2 m, grassy road embankment, 26 Oct 2024, Raus 35179 (B); ibid., 41°52'03"N, 19°24'21"E, 7 m, roadside near junction toward coastal Europa Resort, 26 Oct 2024, Raus 35180 (B); ibid., 41°51'42"N, 19°25'41"E, 1 m, ruderal places along seafront, 26 Oct 2024, Raus obs.; ibid., 41°51'32"N, 19°24'37"E, 1 m, wall of beach bar on maritime sands, 26 Oct 2024, Raus obs. – There are no previously published records from Albania. The species is not uncommon in the coastal plain S of Shkodër and is to be considered as established in agricultural areas, by roadsides and in ruderal places; it is also naturalized in Croatia ( Nikolić 1994), Greece ( Dimopoulos & al. 2024; Strid 2024: 581, map 2324), Hungary ( Mihály & Botta-Dukát 2004) and Italy ( Galasso & al. 2024). Chenopodium giganteum was described from Nepal; the native range comprises the Himalayas, Tibet, C China, Manchuria and the Russian Far East ( Mosyakin & Mandák 2018; POWO 2024f). The species is widely cultivated outside of its native range as an ornamental plant or minor crop (leaf vegetable and pseudo-cereal) and is easily recognized by young parts of the plants being farinose from bright reddish pink, vesicular hairs. Th. Raus