Amaranthus retroflexus L., 1753

🇬🇧 Common Amaranth

🇫🇷 Amarante réfléchie, Amaranthe à racines rouges, Blé rouge

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

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

Hybridizes with A. cruentus L., 1759 to produce A. × ozanonii Thell., 1920, P (het. syn. A. × adulterinus Thell., 1928).

Photographs

img/amaranthus-retroflexus.webp — Amaranthus retroflexus

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

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

img/amaranthus-retroflexus-4.webp — Amaranthus retroflexus

img/amaranthus-retroflexus-5.webp — Amaranthus retroflexus - Cauline leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 309). Biotope.