Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 990 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower.

Description:
Erect annual to c. 1.5 m high, young parts pubescent; leaves reddish, ovate to elliptic, to c. 12 cm or more long (incl. petiole).

Flowers in drooping many-branched cylindrical spikes in leaf axils and terminal to c. 12 cm or more long, reddish; bracts and bracteoles ovate, with a long mucro, c. 2 mm long; perianth-segments 5, obovate, not attenuate, not greatly exceeding the bracts and bracteoles.

Fruit smooth, about as long as the perianth, circumsciss.

	Amaranthus caudatus
Image source: fig. 177b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Heywood (1978)Flowering plants of the world, p. 71.

Distribution:  Commonly cultivated as a garden ornamental. S.Aust.: LE, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL.   Naturalised in Qld; Vic.   Possibly native to South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: May — June (2 records).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available