Common Amaranth - Amaranthus retroflexus
Short to tall erect rather greyish plant, hairy above. Leaves oval stalked. Flowers in a short dense spike.
There are many other alien species of Amaranthus. Identification is extremely difficult.
Refer to key in Stace (4th edn.)
Only possible to identify from a specimen collected late in the year.
The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification
Waste and cultivated land.
July to October.
Annual.
A scarce plant with most British records coming from England and Wales.
Scarce in Leicestershire & Rutland - this is only the 7th record. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in only 2 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Near Measham
02 September 2010
Graham Calow
Near Measham
02 September 2010
steven lewis
welby
18 July 2016
steven lewis
welby
18 July 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Common Amaranth
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Caryophyllales
- Family:
- Amaranthaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 02/09/2010 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 27/09/2018 (Grimes, Martin)
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Graham Calow
Near Measham
02 September 2010
steven lewis
welby
18 July 2016
