Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus palmeri
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
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Read more about Careless-weed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus palmeri
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Amaranthus palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-004:
Amaranthus palmeri FAMILY Amaranthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Careless-weed, Palmer's Amaranth
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ampa_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus palmeri
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus palmeri
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Amaranthus palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-004:
Amaranthus palmeri
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
3498
Forb
Annual
Dioecious
Habitat: Arroyos, riverbanks, and disturbed areas; eastwards adventive in fields and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native south and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
5 sepals
Petals absent
FRUIT:
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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