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Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/25/2013)
Species AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS L.
PlaceOfPublication Sp. P1. 990. 1753.
Synonym Amaranthus hypocondriacus L. Sp. Pb. 991. 1753. Amaranthus hecticus Willd. Hist. Amaranth. 25. 1790. Amaranthus strictus Willd. loc. cit. 27. 1790. Amarantkus laetus Willd. loc. cit. 28. 1790. Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd. loc. cit. 34. 1790. Amaranthus retroflexus var. hybridus A. Gray, Man. ed. 5:412. 1867. Amaranthus retroflexus var. chlorostachys A. Gray, loc. cit. 412. 1867. Amaranthus chlorostachys var. hybridus S. Wats. in A. Gray, Man. ed. 6:428. 1889. Amaranthus hybridus var. hypocondriacus B. L. Robinson, in Rhodora 10:32. 1908. Amaranthus hybridus 2 chlorostachys G. Beck, in Reichenb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 24:175. 1908. Galliaria hybrida Nieuwl. in Am. Midl. Nat. 3:278. 1914.
Description Rather coarse often pubescent annuals to 2.5 m. high with ascending branches. Leaves pubescent or glabrous, entire to minutely crenulate, deltoid- to rhombic- ovate, apically rounded to acute, often mucronate, basally acute to rounded, 2-15 cm. long, 1-7 cm. broad; petioles 1-8 cm. long. Inflorescences of congested thyrses racemosely disposed, the terminal and axillary thyrses mostly cylindric, 6-12 mm. broad. Flowers polygamo-monoecious or monoecious; bracts and bracteoles subequal, lanceolate to ovate, 2-4 mm. long, often conspicuously longer than the flowers; sepals lanceolate to ovate or obovate, acute to acuminate, 1.5-2.5 mm. long, the midribs dark green, the margins scariose, rarely tinged with anthocyanins; stamens 5, discrete, 1-3 mm. long; ovary ovoid; styles (2-) 3, conical; stigmata (2-) 3, fimbrillate. Fruit a slightly rugose compressed ovoid utricle, circum- scissile near the middle, 2-2.5 mm. long; seeds cochleate-orbiculate, reddish brown to black, minutely reticulate, 1-1.3 mm. broad.
Specimen CHIRIQUf: vicinity of Boquete, 1200-1500 m., Woodson d Scbery 722.
Distribution This weedy species, frequently forming large stands in old fields, is found throughout temperate and tropical North and South America, and is adventive in many parts of the Old World.
Note Vernacular names reported in Mexico and Central America are quintoniles, calete, ses, huisquilete and quiec tes, bledo, xtez, quelite and huisquelite. The leaves and young shoots are often cooked as potherbs.
Common quintoniles calete
Common ses huisquilete
Common quiec tes bledo
Common xtez quelite
Common huisquelite
Habit herbs
 
 
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