Amaranthus albus L.
AMARANTHACEAE
- Amaranth family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Amaranthus albus L.
Nomencl. ref.: Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1268 (1759)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Prostrate pigweed
English name: common tumbleweed English name: stiff tumbleweed
Italian name: Amaranto bianco
German name: weißer Fuchsschwanz
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
= Amaranthus albus L. var. pubescens (Uline & Bray) Fernald
= Amaranthus graecizans auct. non L. p.p.
= Amaranthus graecizans L. var. pubescens Uline & Bray
= Amaranthus pubescens (Uline & Bray) Rydb.
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Amaranthus albus L. var. pubescens (Uline & Bray) Fernald
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species:
Page counter: 676 ( AVG: 222.32 / 291.386 )
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Amaranthus albus
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Amaranthus albus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Amaranthus albus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Buonconvento, lungo le rive del fiume Ombrone., SI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Amaranthus albus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image
Amaranthus albus
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 3.
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Buonconvento, lungo le rive del fiume Ombrone., SI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Amaranthus albus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Amaranthus albus
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. - Not copyrighted image
Amaranthus albus
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Amaranthus albus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Buonconvento, lungo le rive del fiume Ombrone., SI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Amaranthus albus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Amaranthus albus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Amaranthus albus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Buonconvento, lungo le rive del fiume Ombrone., SI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus albus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Amaranthus albus
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la
France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in
public domain because its copyright has expired.
Amaranthus albus
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Buonconvento, lungo le rive del fiume Ombrone., SI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Amaranthus albus
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
Map for Amaranthus albus L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Amaranthus albus L. var. pubescens (Uline & Bray) Fernald [151]
2) Amaranthus ambigens Standl. [139]
3) Amaranthus annectens S.F. Blake [152]
4) Amaranthus ascendens Loisel. [141]
5) Amaranthus berlandieri (Moq.) Uline & Bray [130]
6) Amaranthus blitum L. ssp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Garmendia & Pedrol [156]
7) Amaranthus californicus (Moq.) S. Watson [471]
8) Amaranthus cruentus L. [1326]
9) Amaranthus floridanus (S. Watson) Sauer [335]
10) Amaranthus hybridus L. var. cruentus (L.) Moq. [148]
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