Amaranthus Amaranthus, (Moq.) Gillies ex Hicken
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5. A. muricatus (Moq.) Gillies ex Hicken View in CoL View at ENA , Apunt. Hist. Nat. (Buenos Aires) 2: 92 (1910).
Decumbent perennial up to 60 cm, usually glabrous. Leaves 2-5 cm, linear to lanceolate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, long-petiolate. Inflorescence a long panicle, branched at the base. Bracteoles half as long as the perianth, ovate, acute. Perianth-segments 5, c. 2 x 0-5-0- 7 mm, spathulate. Fruit indéhiscent, strongly muricate. Naturalized in Spain, and Portugal; rarely casual elsewhere. [Hs Lu.] (Temperate South America.)
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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. muricatus (Moq.)
Gillies ex Hicken 1910: 92 |