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Pigweed

Amaranthus emarginatus subsp. pseudogracilis (Thell.) G. Hügin

Description

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Annual herb, prostrate, decumbent or ascending. Stem simple or branching from the base, more or less angular, mostly glabrous. Leaves on long petioles, ovate, mostly glabrous, distinctly emarginate at the apex (image 2). Flowers in terminal and axillary spikes, green, male and female flowers intermixed. Fruit a very small, subglobular, compressed capsule, exeeding the perianth.
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bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Amaranthus lividus L.
subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122180
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Frequency

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Common
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Amaranthus lividus L.
subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122180
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Widespread in warm temperate and tropical regions of New and Old Worlds
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Amaranthus lividus L.
subsp. polygonoides (Moq.) Probst Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=122180
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe