Amaranthus viridis L.

TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU) '
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987.
Amaranthus viridis Linnaeus, Spec. Plant., ed. 2, 1405, 1763.
Coarse, glabrous, erect herb up to about 1 m. tall. Leaves alternate, ovate, entire,
obtusish, long petiolate. Flowers minute, greenish, sessile, in axillary clusters in long,
densely flowered, branching, terminal and axillary spikes.
A weedy plant occasional in plantations, dooryards, and waste areas (9866).
The roots can be used for food during times of food shortage. English nam*e,
pigweed; native name, katule.
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BOTANICAL
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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ANNOTATION LABEL
Amaranthus viridis L
ßpeaerrtf’d to DPU Herbarium
....... by T, a YundW
DET. BY T. G. YUNCKER
DÊ.PAÜW UNIV.
herbarium
26654
herbarium
T. G. YUNCKER
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernfce P. Bishop Museum
* 9866
Amaranthus gracilis Desf.
weed in waste places at Fonukula
plantation near Alofl. 65 m. alt.
Jan. 25, 19^0.
Coli.. T. G. Yuncksr
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