Tumble Pigweed

(Amaranthus albus L.)

Amaranthaceae (Pigweed Family)

▲ ▼ seedling, young plants

▲ ▼ young, mature plant and stems

▲ ▼ mature plants

Tumble Pigweed:  (pp.28-29 in Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 90-91, Weeds of the Northeast)

o       warm-season annual weed with broad-spreading, much-branched growth habit

o       grows about 1-3’ tall and equally wide or wider

o       leaves, stems pale yellow-green; leaves small lanceolate

o       inflorescence is small, in leaf axils

o       breaks off at ground at maturity, rolling with the wind, dispersing seed

o       found in cultivated fields, roadsides, disturbed sites, non-crop land

o       not as common as other pigweeds/amaranths in Missouri