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|accepted_name=Amaranthus tricolor
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 989. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Joseph’s coat;summer poinsettia
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Amaranthus;Amaranthus subg. Albersia;Amaranthus tricolor
|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. Albersia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amaranthus tricolor]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 405, 411, 413
|treatment_page=page 433
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> erect, often branched, 0.8–1.5 m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1/2 as long as blade; blade ovate, elliptic, rhombic, or lanceolate, mostly 4–12 × 1.4–6 cm, base tapering, margins entire, usually undulate, apex acuminate and short-mucronate; distal leaf blades green, red, scarlet, maroon, purple, yellow, and cream (unique to <i>A. tricolor</i>). <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary glomerules. <b>Bracts</b> of pistillate flowers ovate to lanceolate, 5–6 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepals 3, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 5–6 mm, apex aristate; style branches spreading; stigmas 2–3. <b>Staminate</b> flowers intermixed with pistillate; tepals 3; stamens 3. <b>Utricles</b> ovoid, 2–2.5 mm, rugose, dehiscence regularly circumscissile. <b>Seeds</b> black or brownish black, subglobose, 1 mm diam., shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Locally escaped from cultivation, disturbed areas
|distribution=La.;Mich.;Mo.;native in tropical Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Amaranthus tricolor</i> is widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, often variegated, distal leaves of striking colors—red, scarlet, maroon, purple, yellow, cream, and green. Other cultivated varieties with green leaves are sometimes cultivated as a potherb. Escaped plants sometimes occur near places of cultivation; we have no evidence of widespread establishment.</p>
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name=Amaranthus tricolor
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Locally escaped from cultivation, disturbed areas
|distribution=La.;Mich.;Mo.;native in tropical Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Amaranthus
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Albersia
|species=Amaranthus tricolor
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