Amaranthus hybridus

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAmaranthaceae
Family (Traditional)Amaranthaceae
GenusAmaranthus
Species:Amaranthus hybridus L.
Common NameSlim Amaranth
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: Red; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Utricle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: panicle/thyrse; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 0; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 0; Stamen Number: 4; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 5
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StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[SNA] (State Rank); G5? (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Amaranthus chlorostachys Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd.
Amaranthus incurvatus Amaranthus incurvatus Tim. ex Gren. & Godr.
Amaranthus patulus Amaranthus patulus Bertol.
Galliaria hybrida Galliaria hybrida

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Bell (KY), Bracken (KY), Breathitt (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Carroll (KY), Carter (KY), Christian (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fleming (KY), Floyd (KY), Franklin (KY), Fulton (KY), Gallatin (KY), Garrard (KY), Grant (KY), Greenup (KY), Henry (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Lewis (KY), Lincoln (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pendleton (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Rowan (KY), Simpson (KY), Spencer (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Wolfe (KY), Bedford (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fentress (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hancock (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), McMinn (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Trousdale (TN), Unicoi (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1902 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100420189 Garrard Kentucky 05 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
837
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193232 Franklin Kentucky 05 Oct 1995 Jeffrey D. Crosby
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193299 Pike Kentucky 13 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9171
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193240 Fulton Kentucky 22 Aug 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9389
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193349 Shelby Tennessee 05 Aug 1978 James Files
78H0517
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001407 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090454 Hancock Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090466 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090455 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090458 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090640 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090479 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090481 Trousdale Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030626 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0080356 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193315 Robertson Kentucky 05 Sep 2002 T.J. Weckman
7756
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193323 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R. C. Clark
21657
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193216 Kentucky 05 Sep 1902 H. Garman
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001409 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
N/A Carter Tennessee 21 Aug 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
MDKY00007108 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Amaranthus hybridus
MDKY00007115 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090451 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090478 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090445 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090475 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090661 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090468 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072524 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030621 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193281 Madison Kentucky 08 Sep 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3229
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001406 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001413 Pendleton Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 14 Sep 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
ETSU006399 Greene Tennessee 17 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090462 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090463 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090449 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090453 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090459 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090465 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
UCHT011021 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030630 Christian Kentucky 15 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072514 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072525 Franklin Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193257 Hickman Kentucky 12 Sep 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73F1.2
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090446 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090476 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090477 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090452 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090482 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090480 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090448 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072584 Jefferson Kentucky 10 Oct 1990 Max Medley
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072515 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030633 Montgomery Tennessee 23 Sep 1973 Edward Chester
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030629 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072357 Bracken Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072520 Simpson Kentucky 15 Oct 1973
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072523 Jefferson Kentucky 01 Oct 1983 Max Medley
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193265 Jefferson Kentucky 02 Sep 2005 Patricia D. Haragan
25103
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193182 Breathitt Kentucky 12 Sep 1984 Patricia A. Dalton
997
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193224 Fleming Kentucky 29 Sep 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
8043
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001411 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
ETSU007875 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
31973000004929 Pendleton Kentucky 10 Sep 1983 Buddell, George
3209
KNK
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090461 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090471 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090456 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090472 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090474 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
UCHT011025 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030637 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030619 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072358 Anderson Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193273 Lincoln Kentucky 30 Sep 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8272
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193307 Powell Kentucky 18 Sep 1988 R. C. Clark
22060
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001416 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001410 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
31973000004930 Campbell Kentucky 27 Sep 1981 Buddell, George
426
KNK
Amaranthus hybridus
MDKY00007109 Pike Kentucky
MDKY
Amaranthus hybridus
MDKY00007110 Carroll Kentucky
MDKY
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090450 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090470 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
UCHT011023 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072359 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030613 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072572 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030639 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072518 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193190 Carter Kentucky 12 Sep 1965 E.T. Browne Jr.
11384
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001412 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
31973000004933 Gallatin Kentucky 29 Aug 1991 Thieret, John
57197
KNK
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090460 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090469 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090464 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090483 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090473 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090654 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090457 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0117613 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030615 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030631 Todd Kentucky 26 Aug 1968 Edward Chester
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030620 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68440 Macon Tennessee 24 Oct 1968 Kurt E. Blum
3084
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
31234100193208 Edmonson Kentucky 25 Jul 1968 Kenneth A. Nicely
2415
EKY
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001415 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001408 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA001414 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
31973000004932 Bracken Kentucky 01 Oct 1983 Buddell, George
2380
KNK
Amaranthus hybridus
31973000004931 Kenton Kentucky 04 Apr 1976 Applegarth, Patrick
53
KNK
Amaranthus hybridus
31973000004934 Grant Kentucky 14 Oct 1994 Thieret, John
57580
KNK
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090467 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
TENN-V-0090447 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0102083 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072361 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68446 Wilson Tennessee 08 Aug 1968 Kurt E. Blum
2896
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68444 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Oct 1987 R. Kral
74561
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68438 Davidson Tennessee 30 Aug 1973 R. Kral
51504
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0076155 Jefferson Kentucky 25 Sep 1989 Max Medley
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072519 Campbell Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
HTTU001105 Davidson Tennessee
HTTU
Amaranthus hybridus
ETSU026722 Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19878
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
ETSU026700 Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19856
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072585 Jefferson Kentucky 10 Oct 1990 Max Medley
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072516 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0051231 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0093184 Jefferson Kentucky 13 Sep 1969 Harry Woodward
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072522 Jefferson Kentucky 06 Nov 1981 Max Medley
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
HTTU001104 Kentucky
HTTU
Amaranthus hybridus
SWMT02794 Williamson Tennessee 23 Aug 1982 Rick Sullivan
SWMT
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA025140 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
MEM003626 Henry Kentucky 27 Sep 1962 J.L. Gentry Jr.
813
MEM
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA025623 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
BEREA025276 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072521 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0048866 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0102600 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
UOS00236 Van Buren Tennessee 15 Aug 2002 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68445 Tipton Tennessee 17 Sep 1969 Sarah J. Warrington
515.5
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68437 Davidson Tennessee 07 Sep 1965 R. Kral
26053
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68439 Hardin Tennessee 07 Sep 1980 Ronald L. Jones
3032
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68441 Marshall Tennessee 02 Sep 1998 V. E. McNeilus
98-887
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072517 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0093183 Gallatin Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030618 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030638 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030636 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68442 Maury Tennessee 27 Aug 1973 R. Kral
51481
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68436 Bedford Tennessee 11 Sep 1974 R. Kral
54145
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030622 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030625 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0030614 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072579 Christian Kentucky 28 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072362 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0102084 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
APSC0072360 Anderson Kentucky
APSC
Amaranthus hybridus
MTSU016331 Davidson Tennessee 19 Jun 2001 Angela Cathey
MTSU
Amaranthus hybridus
BRIT68443 Obion Tennessee 27 Oct 1986 Milo Guthrie
1539
VDB
Amaranthus hybridus
MEM009147 Shelby Tennessee 21 Aug 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
415
MEM
Amaranthus hybridus
MEM014650 Obion Tennessee 08 Oct 1978 Fred Deneke
201
MEM
Amaranthus hybridus
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