Chenopodium Species, Stinking Goosefoot

"....The leaves and seeds of all members of this genus are more or less edible. However, many of the species in this genus contain saponi...Read Morens, though usually in quantities too small to do any harm...Leaves and flower buds - cooked and used like spinach. The raw leaves should only be eaten in small quantities, see the notes above on toxicity. Although edible, the smell of the leaves would discourage most people from using this plant..(nauseous odour of stale salt fish)...Gold/green dyes can be obtained from the whole plant.." from Plants For A Future Database Search.