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6. Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 



12: 273. 1877. 

 Navajo, Coconino, and Mohave Counties, south to Cochise, Santa 

 Cruz, and Pima Counties, 1,000 to 8,000 feet, a common roadside 

 weed. Wyoming to Washington, south to Chihuahua and Arizona. 



7. Amaranthus pubescens (Uline and Bray) Rydb., Torrev Bot. Club 



Bui. 39: 313. 1912. 



Amaranthus graecizans var. pubescens Uline and Bray, Bot. 

 Gaz. 19: 317. 1894. 



Apache County to Coconino County, 5,500 to 7,000 feet, type from 

 Flagstaff, Coconino County (Jones 3978). Southern Colorado to 

 Nevada, New Mexico, and northern Arizona. 



8. Amaranthus graecizans L., Sp. PL 990. 1753. 



Nagle Ranch (Coconino County), and Gila, Pinal, Cochise, and 

 Pima Counties, 1,300 to 8,000 feet. Widely distributed in North 

 America. 



A typical "tumbleweed," common at roadsides and in fields. 



9. Amaranthus caudatus L., Sp. PL 990. 1753. 



"Pueblo," Apache or Navajo County (Stevenson 7), collected also 

 by the Powell Expedition, without definite locality. Occasional in 

 the United States; introduced from tropical America. 



Love-lies-bleeding, often grown in old-fashioned gardens. 



10. Amaranthus hybridus L., Sp. PL 990. 1753. 



Jacobs Lake (Coconino County), near Prescott (Yavapai County), 

 Salt River Valley (Maricopa County), where a common weed in cul- 

 tivated land, near Sacaton (Pinal County), 1,000 to 8,100 feet. Widely 

 distributed in North America. 



11. Amaranthus powellii S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 



10: 347. 1875. 

 Apache, Navajo, and Coconino Counties, south to Cochise and 

 Yavapai Counties, 3,000 (?) to 8,000 feet. Wyoming to Oregon, 

 Chihuahua, and Arizona. 



12. Amaranthus wrightii S. Wats., Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. Proc. 



12: 275. 1877. 

 San Francisco Peaks and Wupatki National Monument, Coconino 

 County (Knowlton 205, D. J. Jones 65), reported also from Fort Verde, 

 Yavapai County (Mearns 277). Southern Colorado, New Mexico, 

 and Arizona. 



13. Amaranthus cruentus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1269. 1759. 



An immature specimen, possibly of this species, was collected in the 

 Hopi Reservation and Little Colorado River region (Hough 44), and 

 what may be A. cruentus was collected in the Pinaleno Mountains, 

 Graham County, 8,000 feet (Shreve 5367). Occasional in the United 

 States; introduced from tropical America. 



The Hopi are reported to use the seeds for coloring corn bread pink, 

 for use in certain ceremonies. 



14. Amaranthus retroflexus L., Sp. PL 991. 1753. 



Apache County to Coconino and Yavapai Counties, 5,000 to 7,000 

 feet. Southern Canada to northern Mexico. 



