• Source: Amaranthus muricatus

Amaranthus muricatus, the so-called African amaranth, is a species in the genus Amaranthus native to South America; Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. It is an invasive species in Africa, Europe and Australia, and to a lesser degree in North America and Asia. It is a decumbent perennial that does well in arid climates.
A. muricatus may grow to about 60 cm tall. Its glabrous leaves are linear to lanceolate, about 2-5 cm long, with long petioles. Small flowers are produced on compact, pyramidal panicles. These flowers, which appear in summer and fall, produce wrinkled achenes, about 2 mm long, containing semiglossy, black, lenticular seeds that are typically 1-1.2 mm in diameter.




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• Bayam
• Flora Lebanon
• Amaranthus muricatus
• Amaranth
• List of Amaranthus species
• Amaranthus deflexus
• Flora of Malta
• List of invasive species in Portugal
• List of adventive wild plants in Israel
• List of vascular plants of Norfolk Island
• List of Caryophyllales of South Africa
• Wild edible plants of Israel and Palestine