Amaranthaceae
Slender amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
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Common names
By language (33)
- Arabic
- قطيفة نحيلة
- arz
- قطيفه نحيله
- Bambara
- Npɔrɔn ŋɔnintan
- Burmese
- ကြက်မဆူးမဲ့
- Chinese
- 皱果苋, 皺果莧, 野莧菜, 白苋, 皱果苋(绿苋）, 绿苋, 野苋, 野苋菜
- Czech
- Laskavec zelený
- dag
- Boboroa
- English
- Slender amaranth, Green amaranth
- Esperanto
- Verda amaranto
- Finnish
- Hentorevonhäntä
- gor
- Loyio la'i
- Hausa
- Rukuɓu
- Hebrew
- ירבוז עדין
- hif
- Choraiya
- Indonesian
- Bayam raja
- Japanese
- ホナガイヌビユ, アオビユ
- Kannada
- ಕೀರೆಸೊಪ್ಪಿನ ಗಿಡ
- lah
- جنگلی چلائی
- Malagasy
- Sarontaka
- Malayalam
- കുപ്പച്ചീര
- Nepali
- लुँडे झार
- Odia
- କୋଶଳା, ଲେଉଟିଆ ଶାଗ
- Persian
- تاجخروس سبزرنگ
- Portuguese
- Caruru
- Punjabi
- ਚੁਲਾਈ
- Russian
- Амарант зелёный, Щирица зеленая
- shn
- ၽၵ်းၶူမ်ၶႆႇ
- Swedish
- Smalamarant
- Tamil
- முளைக்கீரை
- Telugu
- చిలక తోటకూర, అమరాంథస్ విరిడిస్, చిలక కూర
- Thai
- ผักโขม
- Tongan
- Tupuʻa
- Vietnamese
- Rau dền cơm
Synonyms
- Albersia caudata (Jacq.) Boiss.
- Albersia gracilis Webb & Berthel.
- Amaranthus acutilobus Uline & W.L.Bray
- Amaranthus fasciatus Roxb.
- Amaranthus gracilis Desf.
- Amaranthus littoralis Bernh.
- Amaranthus polystachyus Buch.-Ham.
- Chenopodium caudatum Jacq.
- Euxolus caudatus var. gracilis Moq.
- Euxolus caudatus var. maximus Moq.
- Galliaria adscendens Bubani
- Glomeraria viridis (L.) Cav.
- Pyxidium viride (L.) Moq.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to January (from 190 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joydeep, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chen ying-hsiao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.