Amaranthaceae
Carelessweed
Amaranthus palmeri
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Bangla
- অ্যামারান্থাস পামেরি
- Chinese
- 长芒苋
- Czech
- Laskavec Palmerův
- Dutch
- Tweehuizige amarant
- English
- Carelessweed
- Finnish
- Rassirevonhäntä
- Indonesian
- Bayam palmer
- Japanese
- オオホナガアオゲイトウ, パーマーアマランス
- Marathi
- माठ
- Swedish
- Kvarnamarant
- Welsh
- Blodyn amor deuoecaidd
Synonyms
- Amaranthus palmeri var. glomeratus Uline & W.L.Bray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Pompilid, 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.