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.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• A. hybridus subsp. hybridus L., 1753, I;
• A. hybridus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero, 2001.

Photographs

Sources

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