Thursday, November 15, 2012

Sorting out some amaranths

 

Amaranthus hybridus, aka Smooth Amaranth, stems can be red or green
Smooth Amaranth red leaf  hairy, green can be hairless.
Smooth Amaranth flowers are short, petiole one half the lenght of the leaf to as long as the leaf.
Smooth Amaranth flower
Smooth Amaranth, green form.  
Amaranthus palmeri, Palmer Amaranth: Female left, Male right
Palmer Amaranth, female flower is very long. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS
Palmer Amaranth, female flower is bristly. Photo by Univ.of Fla. EDIS
Palmer Amaranth, male flower is also long. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS
Palmer Amaranth, male flower is soft. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS
Palmer Amaranth, leaf petiole is as long as leaf or longer. Leaf also has white ribs on back. Top of leaf may or may not have a white chevron watermark. Photo by Univ. of Fla. EDIS
Amaranth viridis, Calalu, Smooth Amaranth, leaves can notched. Vlita (βλήτα) in Greek
Smooth Amaranth’s leaves can have chevrons. It can also have many branches
Smooth Amaranth flowers can be very long a droopy
Smooth Amaranth, note red coloring of flower.
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