Amaranthaceae
Mediterranean amaranth
Amaranthus graecizans
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 拟腋花苋, 罗氏苋, 腋花苋
- Czech
- Laskavec úzkolistý
- Dutch
- Afrikaanse amarant
- English
- Mediterranean amaranth, Pigweed, Short-tepalled pigweed, Tumbleweed
- Finnish
- Kreikanrevonhäntä
- German
- Wilder Amarant
- Malagasy
- Anantarikaomby
- Slovenian
- Divji ščir
Synonyms
- Amaranthus angustifolius Lam.
- Amaranthus angustifolius M.Bieb. ex Willd.
- Amaranthus angustifolius subsp. aschersonianus Thell.
- Amaranthus aschersonianus Thell.
- Amaranthus blitum Moq.
- Amaranthus blitum var. graecizans (Moench) Moq.
- Amaranthus blitum var. nanus Moq.
- Amaranthus graecizans subsp. aschersonianus (Thell.) Costea, D.M.Brenner & Tardif
- Amaranthus graecizans subsp. graecizans
- Amaranthus graecizans subsp. thellungianus (Nevski) Gusev
- Amaranthus graecizans var. pachytepalus Aellen
- Amaranthus hierichuntinus Vis.
- Amaranthus roxburgianus var. aschersonianus (Thell.) N.C.Nair
- Amaranthus thellungianus Nevski ex Vassilcz.
- Blitum graecizans (L.) Moench
- Galliaria graecizans (L.) Nieuwl.
- Glomeraria graecizans (L.) Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Neuchâtel Herbarium, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Amaranthus
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- Slim amaranthAmaranthus hybridusAmaranthaceae
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- Spleen amaranthAmaranthus dubiusAmaranthaceae
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.