Amaranthus tricolor L.

DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBARIUM.
HERBARIUM
266t)3 T. G. YUNCKER
ANNOTATION LABEL
Amaranthus tricolor L.
TRUMAN 6. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
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BOTANICAL
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Presented to DPU Herbarium
¡w T.& Ytincker
DET. BY T. G. YUNCKER
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Amaranthus tricolor Linnaeus, Spec. PIant7, 989, 1753.
Coarse, erect herb up to about 1 m. tall. Leaves alternate, veiny, crowded, narrowly
elliptic-lanceolate, up to 15 or more cm. long, gracefully curving, green, or the upper
leaves, stems, petioles and leaf veins bright red, margins wavy, acuminate. Flowers small,
greenish, in small, compact, globose, axillary clusters.
Introduced ornamental (9948). English name, amaranth.
9948
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
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Ama r ant hu s tr ic o1orA v ar•me1anc ho1leu s
(L. ) Thellun*
Stems and lower leaf surface red. ®
Dooryard ornamental, /lofi. 20 m. alt.
Jan. 28, 19*0. '
Coll. T. G. Yunckek
d«,. Marie Heal
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