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Amaranthus blitoides

Plants

Family: Amaranthaceae · Genus: Amaranthus

Amaranthus blitoides

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 3. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. · public_domain

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Amaranthus blitoides, commonly called mat amaranth, prostrate pigweed, procumbent pigweed, prostrate amaranth, or matweed, is a glabrous annual plants species. It usually grows up to 0.6 m, though it may grow up to 1 m. It flowers in the summer to fall.

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