Amaranthus hybridus L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Green Amaranth
🇫🇷 Amarante hybride, Brède pariétaire

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Subfamily: Amaranthoideae
Tribe: Amarantheae
Genus: Amaranthus
Species: Amaranthus hybridus

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Possible confusion with A. retroflexus L., 1753, whose stem is tomentose, while that of A. hybridus is glabrous in its upper part.

Photographs

img/amaranthus-hybridus.webp — Amaranthus hybridus

img/amaranthus-hybridus-2.webp — Amaranthus hybridus

img/amaranthus-hybridus-3.webp — Amaranthus hybridus

img/amaranthus-hybridus-4.webp — Amaranthus hybridus - Stem

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 310). Biotope.