Family: Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus powellii
Citation:
S. Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. 10:347 (1875).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Powells amaranth.
Description:
Erect glabrous or sparsely pubescent annual to 1 m high; leaves elliptic to ovate, acute, 3-12 cm long (incl. petiole), green.
Flowers in erect cylindrical bristly spikes in leaf axils and the terminal one 6-10 mm thick and unbranched or with a few short branches towards the base, greenish; bracts and bracteoles ovate, 2-3 times the length of the perianth; perianth-segments 5, ovate, c. 3 mm long; stamens usually 3; style branches recurved.
Fruit rugulose, shorter than the perianth, circumsciss.
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Image source: fig 180a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SL, SE. Vic. Native to North America.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Jan. — May.
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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
Taxonomic notes:
Very similar to A. cruentus, A. paniculatus and A. retroflexus (with which it has sometimes been considered to be synonymous).
Author:
Not yet available
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