Amaranthus gracilis Desf.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Amaranthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Amaranthus gracilis Desf.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Glabrous; stem erect, usually branched, 2-9 dm. high. Leaves slenderpetioled, 8 cm. long or less, ovate or rhombic-ovate, mostly obtuse and emarginate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base; flowers monoecious, in slender, axillary and terminal, sometimes panicled spikes 412 em. long, and also often in small dense axillary clusters; bracts ovate to lanceolate, acute, scarious, much shorter than the 3 sepals; sepals cuspidate, 1-1.5 mm. long; stamens and style-branches 3; utricle wrinkled, indehiscent, as long as the sepals or longer; seed dull, dark brown, 1 mm. broad.

  • Distribution

    Waste grounds near dwellings. Great Bahama. Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera. Long Island and Watling's : southeastern United States ; West Indies and tropical and subtropical America ; Old World tropics. Slender Amaranth.

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