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Purple Amaranth

Amaranthus blitum L.

Amaranthaceae, the Pigweed Family

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Amaranthus blitum L..; Purple Amaranth: (Bayer Code:  AMALI; US Code AMBL2)

·         Warm-season annual weed with spreading growth habit; usually wider than tall, growing 6-12 inches tall

·         Leaves dull, dark green, egg-shaped, often with deep notch in tip of leaf

·         Inflorescences greenish, spike-like or in panicles at tips of stems, and sometimes just in clusters in leaf axils

·         Found in cultivated fields, disturbed soils, non-cropland—more common in southern Midwest

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Posted 15 January 2019