Amaranthaceae
Purple amaranth
Amaranthus caudatus
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
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Common names
By language (39)
- Amharic
- ሊሻሊሾ
- Arabic
- قطيفة مذنبة
- Armenian
- Հավակատար պոչավոր
- arz
- قطيفه مذنبه
- Asturian
- Amarantu
- Azerbaijani
- Quyruqlu pəncər
- Basque
- Kiuitxa
- Belarusian
- Аксамітнік хвастаты
- Catalan
- Cua de guineu
- Chinese
- 尾穗苋, 尾穗莧, 老枪谷, 老枪谷叶, 老枪谷子, 老枪谷根
- Czech
- Laskavec ocasatý
- Divehi
- ރަތް މައްސާގު
- Dutch
- Kattenstaartamarant
- English
- Purple amaranth, Love-lies-bleeding, Foxtail amaranth, Pendant amaranth, Quilete, Tassel flower, Velvet flower
- Estonian
- Longus rebashein
- Finnish
- Punarevonhäntä
- French
- Amarante queue-de-renard, Amarante queue de renard, Kiwicha
- German
- Garten-Fuchsschwanz, Garten-Amarant, Kiwicha
- Hausa
- Alayyafo
- hsb
- Pyšny šćěrjenc
- Japanese
- ヒモゲイトウ, センニンコク
- Kannada
- ಅಮರಾಂತಸ್ ಕಾಡಟಸ್
- Kazakh
- Амарант
- lah
- کیویچا
- Lithuanian
- Uodegotasis burnotis, Uodeguotasis burnotis
- Marathi
- राजगिरा
- Nepali
- लट्टे
- Persian
- بستانافروز, بستان افروز
- Polish
- Szarłat zwisły
- Quechua
- Kiwicha, Achita, Hawarcha, Inka hakatu, Jawarcha, Millmi, Quymi, Sangurachi
- Romanian
- Moțul curcanului
- Russian
- Амарант хвостатый
- Serbian
- Репати амарант
- shn
- မွၵ်ၼူတ်ႇမႅဝ်း
- Slovenian
- Repati ščir, Purmanov žnoder
- Spanish
- Kiwicha, Quihuicha
- Swedish
- Rävsvans
- tcy
- ಹನುಮಂತನ ಬಿಲೋ
- Uzbek
- Qizilquyruq
Synonyms
- Amaranthus abyssinicus hort. ex L.H.Bailey
- Amaranthus alopecurus Hochst. ex A.Braun & C.D.Bouché
- Amaranthus cararu Hort.Paris. ex Moq.
- Amaranthus caudatus subsp. mantegazzianus (Pass.) Hanelt
- Amaranthus caudatus subsp. saueri V.Jehlík
- Amaranthus caudatus var. albiflorus Moq.
- Amaranthus caudatus var. alopecurus Moq.
- Amaranthus caudatus var. maximus (Mill.) Moq.
- Amaranthus dussii Sprenger
- Amaranthus edulis Speg.
- Amaranthus edulis var. spadiceus Hunz.
- Amaranthus hybridus var. leucocarpus (S.Watson) Hunz.
- Amaranthus leucocarpus S.Watson
- Amaranthus leucospermus S.Watson
- Amaranthus mantegazzianus Passer.
- Amaranthus maximus Mill.
- Amaranthus pendulinus hort. ex Moq.
- Amaranthus pendulus hort. ex Moq.
- Euxolus arvensis Rojas Acosta
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wildfeuer, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tubifex, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.