Amaranthus hybridus L.

PERU
AMARANTHACEAE
Amaranthus hybridus L.
[79]
det. Carolina Romero (MO), 2014
La Libertad: Bolivar
Distrito Uchumarca. Roadside and dry
forest fragments between Rondo El
Ingenio and Pusac water captation.
06°59'52"S 077°54127"W	1560 m
40-120 cm tall herb. Stems bright
magenta, with scattered short hairs.
Petioles and central leaf vein magenta.
Leaf underside with scattered hairs on
veins. Flowers in dense spine,
greenish-white. Used to feed Guinea
pigs. "Ataco."
08 July 2010
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Col lectors:
Rainer W. Bussmann, Ashley Glenn,
G. Chait, Carlos Vega OcaOa &
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