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Origin:
Introduced
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Amaranthus graecizans
General Desc:
A rounded, bushy, prostrate to erect plant, often becoming a tumbleweed at maturity, spreading many seeds as they tumble along the ground.
Identification notes: Stems erect or ascending without nodal spines; 3 sepals; bracts much longer than the calyx; flowers in dense or spike-like, leafy-bracted, axillary clusters; sepals narrowed upward but not noticeably wider than its base; separate male and female flowers.
Height:
To 3 feet
Habitat Description: Cultivated or disturbed sites, sandy areas, vacant areas and roadsides.
Plant Communities:
Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1500 - 8000 feet
Color:
Green, whitish-green or yellowish
Shape:
Inconspicuous in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Oct
Description:
Flowers are borne in small spiny clusters at the base of leaves. Male flowers have 3 sepals and 3 stamens. Female flowers have 3 sepals, are oblong with a pointed tip and are to 1/8 inch long.
Leaf Color:
Light Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are oblong to 1-1/2 inches long, leaf stem 1/2 as long as leaf blade or longer.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: 1-seeded, 2 or 3 beaked, bladder-like fruit to about 1/8 inch with a rough surface.
Seed Notes: About 1/16 inch wide, reddish-brown to black, shiny and smooth.
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