DESCRIPTIVE MANUAL 



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Prostrate Pigweed (Amaranthus blitoides Wats.). 

 Description. — A diffusely branched, prostrate herb, spreading on 

 the ground, often in mats 4 or 5 ft. long ; leaves obovate or spatu- 

 late ; flowers inconspicuous, greenish, in short axillary clusters. 



Fig. 66. Prostrate Pigweed {Amaranthus blitoides). Common along roadsides, 



streets, fields, and in waste places. 



(Photographed by Hart.) 



Fig. 6 6- A. Distribution of Prostrate Pigweed. 



