Contains 18 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Magnoliophyta - Flowering Plants
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllidae
Caryophyllales
Amaranthus
Citation
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Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Amaranthus albus | Tumbleweed Amaranth; Tumbleweed Amaranth; White Pigweed; White Amaranth; Prostrate Pigweed; Prostrate Amaranth | Not Native AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL) TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank) GNR (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus arenicola | Sandhill Amaranth; Sandhill Pigweed | Not Native AGCP (FACU), EMP (UPL) (NWPL) KY[SNA] (State Rank) G4G5 (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus australis | Southern Water Hemp; Careless; Southern Waterhemp | |||
| Amaranthus blitoides | Matweed Amaranth; Matweed Pigweed; Prostrate Pigweed; Prostrate Amaranth | Not Native AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL) TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank) GNR (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus blitum | TBD | |||
| Amaranthus blitum ssp. emarginatus | Purple Ameranth; Purple Pigweed; Livid Amaranth; Livid Pigweed | |||
| Amaranthus caudatus | Love Lies Bleeding; Tasselflower; Purple Amaranth; Amaranth; Tassel Flower; Foxtail Amaranth; Fox Tail Amaranth | Not Native KY[SNA] (State Rank) GNR (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus cruentus | Red Amaranth; Blood Amaranth; Purple Amaranth | Not Native GNR (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus deflexus | Largefruit Amaranth | |||
| Amaranthus hybridus | Smooth Amaranth; Slim Amaranth; Smooth Pigweed; Slim Pigweed | Native TN[SNR] KY[SNA] (State Rank) G5? (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus hybridus ssp. hybridus | Smooth Amaranth; Slim Amaranth; Smooth Pigweed; Slim Pigweed | |||
| Amaranthus hypochondriacus | Prince of Wales Feather; Princeofwalesfeather | |||
| Amaranthus palmeri | Palmers Amaranth; Carelessweed; Careless Weed | Not Native AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL) TN[SNR] KY[SNA] (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus powellii | Powell''s Amaranth | |||
| Amaranthus retroflexus | Redroot Amaranth; Redroot Pigweed | Native AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL) TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus spinosus | Spiny Amaranth; Spiny Pigweed | Not Native AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL) TN[SNR] KY[SNA] (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus tuberculatus | Water Hemp; Roughfruit Amaranth | Not Native AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL) TN[SNR] KY[SNA] (State Rank) G4G5 (Global Rank) | ||
| Amaranthus viridis | Slender Amaranth; Tropical Green Amaranth; Slender Pigweed; Tropical Green Pigweed |