3853

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Non-native: tropical America

Documented growing wild in - - SC

Waif(s)

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles roughly equal length of blade

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Unisexual
4-5 sepals in staminate flowers, 5 in pistillate flowers
Petals absent
Inflorescences axillary, congested clusters

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Utricle

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Amaranthus polygonoides   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus polygonoides   FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Amaranthus polygonoides