Amaranthaceae
Mat amaranth
Amaranthus blitoides
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
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Common names
By language (20)
- arz
- امارانثوس بليتويدس
- Chinese
- 北美苋, 北美莧
- Czech
- Laskavec žmindovitý
- Dutch
- Nerfamarant
- English
- Mat amaranth, Prostate pigweed
- Estonian
- Lamav rebashein
- Finnish
- Lusikkarevonhäntä
- French
- Amarante à feuilles marginées
- German
- Westamerikanischer Amarant, Westamerikanischer Fuchsschwanz
- hsb
- Ameriski šćěrjenc
- Hungarian
- Labodás disznóparéj
- Japanese
- アメリカビユ, イヌヒメシロビユ
- nv
- Naazkaadí
- Persian
- تاجخروس گسترده
- Romanian
- Știr târâitor, Știr târâtor, Știr tîrîitor, Știr tîrîtor
- Slovenian
- Razprostrti ščir
- Swedish
- Skedamarant
- Ukrainian
- Щириця лободоподібна
- Uzbek
- Machin
- Welsh
- Blodyn amor gorweddol
Synonyms
- Amaranthus blitoides var. crassius Jeps.
- Amaranthus blitoides var. densifolius Uline & W.L.Bray
- Amaranthus blitoides var. halophilus Aellen
- Amaranthus blitoides var. reverchonii Uline & W.L.Bray
- Amaranthus reverchonii (Uline & W.L.Bray) Kov.
- Galliaria blitoides (S.Watson) Nieuwl.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to November (from 41 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tatyana Sova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SB Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: earl woolsey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SB Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.