Amaranthus Amaranthus, L.
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11. A. deflexus L. View in CoL View at ENA , Mantissa Altera 295 (1771).
Procumbent perennial up to 40 cm, densely puberulent in the upper part. Leaves 3-5 cm, rhombic-ovate, obtuse; margin finely undulate. Inflorescence usually dense, terminal, spicate, becoming interrupted and leafy towards the base. Bracteoles Vi as long as the perianth, ovate, wide at the base, mucronate. Perianth-segments 2-3, 1 -2-1 - 5 mm, linear to oblong-spathulate. Fruit 2-5-3 mm, oblong-ovate, inflated-membranous, smooth, with 3 dull green longitudinal veins, not dehiscing transversely. Seeds much smaller than the fruit. Naturalized in S. Europe; casual elsewhere. [Al Au Az BI Bu Ga Gr Hs Hu It Ju Rm Rs (W, K, E) Sa Si Tu.]
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Amaranthus Amaranthus
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
A. deflexus
| L. 1771: 295 |