Characteristics
Dicots
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
RED AMARANTH; ROUGH PIGWEED
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Not Native
FAC (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 991. 1753.
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PENNSYLVANIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 1117.22). Lectotypified by C. C. Townsend, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 71: 12. 1974.
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Amaranthus retroflexus
- Elizabeth Parnis
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