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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Amaranthus floridanus
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) J. D. Sauer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Madroño
|place=13: 25. 1955
|year=1955
}}
|common_names=Florida water-hemp;Florida amaranth
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Acnida floridana
|authority=S. Watson
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Amaranthus;Amaranthus subg. Acnida;Amaranthus sect. Acnida;Amaranthus floridanus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amaranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Amaranthus subg. Acnida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Amaranthus sect. Acnida]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amaranthus floridanus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 412, 416
|treatment_page=page 417
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect, branched, slender, usually (0.5–)1–1.5 m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1/4 length of blade; blade linear to narrowly oblong, usually 10(–20) × 1 cm, base narrowly cuneate, margins entire, plane, apex obtuse to rounded. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, linear spikes to panicles. <b>Bracts</b>: of pistillate flowers 1–1.5 mm; of staminate flowers with moderately heavy midrib, 1–1.5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepals 1–2(–3), unequal, inner tepals lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm, apex acute to acuminate; style branches spreading; stigmas 3. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: tepals 5, with excurrent midrib, equal to subequal, 2(–2.5) mm, apex acute to indistinctly mucronulate in outer tepals; stamens 5. <b>Utricles</b> reddish to reddish brown, occasionally with indistinct longitudinal ridges, subglobose to broadly obovoid, 1.5–2.5 mm, wall thin or slightly fleshy, irregularly rugose. <b>Seeds</b> dark reddish brown to dark brown, 0.7–1 mm diam., shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–fall.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, beaches, swamps, marshes, disturbed habitats, such as gardens and fields near coast
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.
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|references=
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name=Amaranthus floridanus
|author=
|authority=(S. Watson) J. D. Sauer
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Acnida floridana
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–fall.
|habitat=Coastal dunes, beaches, swamps, marshes, disturbed habitats, such as gardens and fields near coast
|elevation=0-10 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Madroño
|publication year=1955
|special status=
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|genus=Amaranthus
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Acnida
|section=Amaranthus sect. Acnida
|species=Amaranthus floridanus
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