AMARANTH FAMILY. Amarantaceae. 



AMARANTH FAMILY. Amarantacece. 



Weeds ; some of those of a ruddy color, mostly foreign, 

 are widely cultivated. The perfect flowers with lapping 

 scales or leaflets (generally three) which retain their color 

 when dry ; hence the name 'AjudpavroS, meaning un- 

 fading. 



An annoying weed, common in culti- 

 Amarantusre- vated ground and in gardens, with light 

 troflexus green roughish leaves and stem ; leaves 



Green long-stemmed and angularly ovate. The 



August-0cto= dull green fl owers i n a st iff bristly spike. 

 1-8 feet high. Common east and west, in- 

 troduced from the old world. 



A similar species, but smoother and a 



Amarantus 



hybridus darker green, with slenderer Imear-cylm- 



Green drical, bending spikes, branching. The 



August-Octo- flowers also similar, but with more acute 



sepals. 2-6 feet high. Apparently indi- 

 genous in the southwest, but introduced eastward. Am- 

 arantus hybridus Forma hypochondriacus (Linnaeus) 

 Robinson. In cultivation called Prince's Feather. A 

 deep red form of the species in common cultivation and 

 a frequent escape. It is a perfectly smooth annual with 

 thick flower-spikes. Introduced from Tropical America. 

 Tumble Weed A low, smooth, greenish white-stemmed 

 Amarantus species with light green, small obovate 



leaves, obtuse at the point, and with many 

 July-Septem= branches. The flowers green, and crowded 

 ber in close small clusters, at the stem of each 



leaf. 6-20 inches high. In the west, late in autumn, 

 the withered plant is uprooted and tumbles about in the 

 wind, hence the popular name. Common in waste 

 places. 



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