Amaranthaceae
Common amaranth
Amaranthus retroflexus
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
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Common names
By language (42)
- Arabic
- قطيفة مثنية إلى الوراء, قطيفة ملوية إلى الوراء
- Armenian
- Հավակատար հասկավոր
- Azerbaijani
- Geriqatlanan pəncər
- Belarusian
- Аксамітнік адкінуты, Аксамітнік жорсткі, Псярка
- Catalan
- Marxant gros
- Chinese
- 反刺莧, 反枝苋, 反枝莧, 皮枝苋, 红粘谷子, 西风谷, 野苋子, 野苋菜
- Corsican
- Amarantu, Amaranta
- Croatian
- Rumenika, Amarant
- cv
- Вырăс мăянĕ
- Czech
- Laskavec ohnutý
- Danish
- Opret Amarant
- Dutch
- Papegaaienkruid, Papaegaaiekruid, Papegaaiekruid
- English
- Common amaranth, Red-root amaranth, Redroot amaranth, Redroot pigweed, Common tumble weed, Green amaranth, Red rooted pigweed, Redroot
- Estonian
- Tähk-rebashein
- Finnish
- Viherrevonhäntä
- French
- Amarante réfléchie, Amarante reflechie
- German
- Zurückgebogener Amarant, Rauhhaariger Fuchssschwanz, Zurückgebogener Fuchsschwanz, Zurückgekrümmter Fuchsschwanz
- Hebrew
- הירבוז המופשל
- hsb
- Prosty šćěrjenc
- Hungarian
- Szőrös disznóparéj
- Japanese
- アオゲイトウ, 青鶏頭
- Lithuanian
- Šiurkštusis burnotis
- Macedonian
- Обичен штир
- Malayalam
- അമരാന്തസ് റിട്രോഫ്ലെക്സസ്, പച്ച ചീര
- mzn
- آشکین
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Duskamarant
- nv
- Tłʼoh deeskʼidí
- os
- Дæлдзæхæра
- pcd
- Pasvélour, Qhueue`d àrnàr
- Persian
- تاجخروس
- Polish
- Szarłat szorstki
- Romanian
- Știr, Ştir
- Russian
- Амарант запрокинутый
- Serbian
- Штир, Štir
- Slovenian
- Navadni ščir, Srhkodlakavi ščir
- Spanish
- Abrebujo, Acederón, Atreu del Perú, Bledos, Breo, Jascas, Moco de Pavo, Atacu
- Swedish
- Svinamarant
- Tajik
- Мачитак
- Tamil
- அமரான்தசு ரெட்ரோபிளக்சசு
- Ukrainian
- Щириця звичайна
- Uzbek
- Eshakshoʻra
- Welsh
- Blodyn amor
Synonyms
- Amaranthus bulgaricus Kov.
- Amaranthus bullatus Besser ex Spreng.
- Amaranthus curvifolius Spreng.
- Amaranthus delilei Richt. & Loret
- Amaranthus johnstonii Kov.
- Amaranthus recurvatus Desf.
- Amaranthus retroflexus f. rubricaulis Thell. ex Probst
- Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Tzvelev
- Amaranthus retroflexus var. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Thell.
- Amaranthus retroflexus var. retroflexus
- Amaranthus retroflexus var. rubricaulis Thell.
- Amaranthus retroflexus var. salicifolius I.M.Johnst.
- Amaranthus rigidus Schult. ex Steud.
- Amaranthus spicatus Lam.
- Amaranthus strictus Ten.
- Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl.
- Galliaria scabra Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 351 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jiří Podhorecký, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jiří Podhorecký, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lynk media, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Bogdan assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nieves Ortín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jorgelopezmanes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lynk media, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paweł Rychlicki, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Slim amaranthAmaranthus hybridusAmaranthaceae
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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.