Sorting out some amaranths
Amaranthus hybridus, aka Smooth Amaranth, stems can be red or green | |
Smooth Amaranth red leaf hairy, green can be hairless. | |
Smooth Amaranth flowers are short, petiole one half the lenght of the leaf to as long as the leaf. | |
Smooth Amaranth flower | |
Smooth Amaranth, green form. | |
Amaranthus palmeri, Palmer Amaranth: Female left, Male right | |
Palmer Amaranth, female flower is very long. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS | |
Palmer Amaranth, female flower is bristly. Photo by Univ.of Fla. EDIS | |
Palmer Amaranth, male flower is also long. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS | |
Palmer Amaranth, male flower is soft. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS | |
Palmer Amaranth, leaf petiole is as long as leaf or longer. Leaf also has white ribs on back. Top of leaf may or may not have a white chevron watermark. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS | |
Amaranth viridis, Calalu, Smooth Amaranth, leaves can notched. Vlita (βλήτα) in Greek | |
Smooth Amaranth’s leaves can have chevrons. It can also have many branches | |
Smooth Amaranth flowers can be very long a droopy | |
Smooth Amaranth, note red coloring of flower. |