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Amaranthus viridis L.

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Amaranthus viridis L.
Amaranthus viridis L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Amaranthus viridis L.
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Amaranthus viridis

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Amaranthus viridis L.

Sprawling or suberect annual herb, to c. 40 cm high, sparingly hairy except for young stems. Petioles of lvs of non-flowering shoots and lower part of flowering shoots to c. 6 cm long, those of infl.-lvs often much shorter. Lamina 1.7-6.5 × 8-5.5 cm, ovate or triangular-ovate, becoming glabrous above, usually remaining puberulent on the prominent pale nerves below, undulate or ± crenulate; base cuneate; apex obtuse to emarginate. Infl. a dense, elongated, terminal, puberulent spike, and branches below, usually also with short axillary spikes in upper lf axils, usually greenish brown or brown. Bracteoles 0.8-1.3 mm long, broadly ovate, mucronate, with green keel. Tepals 3, 1-1.4 mm long, oblong-spathulate, > bracteoles; keel green, ± mucronate. Fr. subglobose, = or slightly > perianth, prominently rugose, indehiscent. Seed 0.9-1.1 mm diam., subglobose, black or dark brown, occupying nearly all fr. cavity.

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Amaranthus viridis L.
Amaranthus viridis L.

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Amaranthus viridis L.
Australia
Amaranthus viridis L.
China
Amaranthus viridis L.
Cook Islands
Amaranthus viridis L.
Cook Islands
Palmerston
Amaranthus viridis L.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Amaranthus viridis L.
Greece
Amaranthus viridis L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Amaranthus viridis L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Amaranthus viridis L.
Niue
Amaranthus viridis L.
Tonga
Amaranthus viridis L.
United States

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 December 2014
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