PLANTS Profile for Amaranthus blitum (purple amaranth)

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PLANTS Profile

Amaranthus blitum L.
purple amaranth

Symbol:

AMBL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		I

More Information:

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Amaranthus blitum L.

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Distribution:
Amaranthus blitum L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, LA, MA, MD, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA), USA+ (PR), CAN (NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Amaranthus blitum L.

View 23 genera in Amaranthaceae, 45 species in Amaranthus or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Amaranthus blitum L. var. blitum. .

Amaranthus blitum var. blitum
purple amaranth

Distribution of Amaranthus blitum L. var. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & W.L. Bray) Lambinon. . Image Available.

Amaranthus blitum var. emarginatus

Distribution of Amaranthus blitum L. var. pseudogracilis (Thell.) Costea. .

Amaranthus blitum var. pseudogracilis

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Amaranthus blitum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Amaranthaceae – Amaranth family
Genus	Amaranthus L. – pigweed
Species	Amaranthus blitum L. – purple amaranth

Introduced Information:
Amaranthus blitum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Amaranthus blitum L.

Amaranthus lividus [=AMBLE2]:

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Amaranthus blitum L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 181923.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 02:53 PM CST