Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
"The biggest threat to seabeach amaranth is the destruction of beach habitat." Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Read more about Seabeach Amaranth at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-009:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Seabeach Amaranth, Dwarf Amaranth
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ampu2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-009:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
2315
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare
Look for it on sea beaches, fore-dunes, island end flats, rarely on sound-side beaches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
1-5 sepals (or sepals absent) subtended by 3 bracts
Petals absent
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
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