Family: Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus caudatus
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.
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Image source: fig. 177b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Heywood (1978)Flowering plants of the world, p. 71.
Distribution:
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Commonly cultivated as a garden ornamental.
S.Aust.: LE, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL. Naturalised in Qld; Vic. Possibly native to South America.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: May — June (2 records).
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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