Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus - [maps | photos]

• Amaranthus albus * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: prostrate pigweed

• Amaranthus arenicola * I.M. Johnst.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: sandhill amaranth

• Amaranthus australis * (A. Gray) J.D. Sauer
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: southern amaranth

• Amaranthus blitoides * S. Watson
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: mat amaranth
  Synonyms:
  

         • Amaranthus graecizans auct. non L.

• Amaranthus blitum * L.
  Common Name: purple amaranth

• Amaranthus hybridus * L.
  Common Name: slim amaranth

• Amaranthus palmeri * S. Watson
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: carelessweed

• Amaranthus powellii * S. Watson
  Common Name: Powell's amaranth

• Amaranthus retroflexus * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: redroot amaranth

• Amaranthus rudis J.D. Sauer
  NWI TN: Facultative
  Common Name: tall amaranth
  Synonyms:
  

         • Acnida tamariscina auct. non (Nutt.) Wood

• Amaranthus spinosus * L.
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: spiny amaranth

• Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J.D. Sauer
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: roughfruit amaranth
  Synonyms:
  

         • Acnida tuberculata Moq.

• Amaranthus viridis * L.
  Common Name: slender amaranth
  Synonyms:
  

         • Amaranthus gracilis Desf.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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