Erect , annual herb ; up to 60 cm long . Stems slender to stout , simple or branched , ± angular , green to reddish or yellow , glabrous . Leaves glabrous , petiolate ; leaf blade ovate to rhombic-ovate , cuneate , apex broad distinctly emarginate , mucronulate . Inflorescences in slender to stout terminal and axillary spikes . Flowers green . Fruit capsule , subrotund to shortly pyriform , compressed , exceeding the perianth , smooth , indehiscent or rupturing irregularly at maturity . Seeds round , compressed , dark brown to black . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .
No Data
Not Threatened (NT)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Albersia oleracea (L.) Kunth
Amaranthus lividus var. oleraceus (L.) Thell.
Blitum lividum (L.) Moench
Euxolus oleraceus (L.) Moq.
Glomeraria oleracea (L.) Cav.
Pentrius oleraceus (L.) Raf.
Pyxidium oleraceum (L.) Moq.
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Purple Amaranth
Guernsey Pigweed
Livid Amaranth
Not used traditionally.
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