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 |  |
| Palmer Amaranth, female flower is bristly |  |
| Palmer Amaranth, male flower is also long. |  |
| Palmer Amaranth, male flower is soft. |  |
| 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. |  |
| 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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Thanks for the update Deane! I’m liking this style of posting. Be great if you could do it with some other plants.
This display has been extremely helpful.
Yup great job! U should find some herbicide resistant superweed amaranth and sell it. Shhh. Wonder if those “superweeds” are as poisonous as their GMO rivals.
The photos were very helpful, but please add your usual summary at the end. Thanks.
Well, now I’m completely confused. I don’t know if I have Palmer Amaranth or Smooth Amaranth, but it doesn’t matter. I’m still going to eat it.