Amaranthus viridis Hook. F.
Common Name : Slender amaranth
Family : Amaranthaceae
HABIT |
AN ERECT ANNUAL HERB. |
STEMS |
6 TO 100 CM TALL, GLABROUS TO
PUBESCENT, PUBESCENT ESPECIALLY UPWARDS. |
LEAVES |
GLABROUS OR PUBESCENT ON THE VEINS OF THE LOWER SURFACE;
PETIOLES LONG (UP TO 10 CM), OCCASIONALLY LONGER THAN THE BLADE; BLADE OVATE
TO RHOMBIC-OBLONG, 2-7 X 1.5-5.5 CM, BASE TAPERED TO BLUNT, TIP ROUNDED,
MINUTELY MUCRONATE, BARELY TO CLEARLY EMARGINATE. |
FLOWERS |
GREEN, UNISEXUAL, MALE AND
FEMALE INTERMIXED, IN SLENDER AXILLARY TO TERMINAL PANICULATE SPIKES 2-12 CM
LONG AND 2-5 MM WIDE, OR IN DENSE AXILLARY CLUSTERS IN THE LOWER PART OF THE
STEM. |
FRUITS |
CAPSULE NEARLY GLOBOSE 1.25-1.75 MM LONG, NOT RUPTURING OR
RUPTURING IRREGULARLY, SURFACE ROUGH. |
SEEDS |
1-1.25 MM, ROUND, SLIGHTLY
COMPRESSED, DARK BROWN TO BLACK WITH A PALER THICK BORDER. |