Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus viridis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Slender Amaranth at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus viridis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Amaranthus viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-008:
Amaranthus viridis FAMILY Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amaranthus gracilis
COMMON NAME:
Slender Amaranth, Tropical Green Amaranth
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus viridis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus viridis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Amaranthus viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-008:
Amaranthus viridis
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amaranthus gracilis
4671
Monoecious
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
3 tepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p462
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p025
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