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|accepted_name=Amaranthus hypochondriacus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 991. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Prince’s-feather;Prince-of-Wales-feather;prince’s-feather amarant h
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|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Amaranthus;Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus;Amaranthus hypochondriacus
|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. Amaranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amaranthus hypochondriacus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 405, 406, 411, 415
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>glabrous or moderately pubescent in distal parts, often becoming glabrescent at maturity. <b>Stems</b> usually erect, green or reddish purple, branched, mainly in inflorescences, to nearly simple proximally, 0.4–2(–2.5) m, coarse. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole of distal leaves equaling or slightly shorter than blade, becoming longer proximally; blade rhombic-ovate to broadly lanceolate 4–12 × 2–7 cm, larger in robust plants, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, narrowly cuneate in distal leaves, margins entire, apex cuneate to obtuse or indistinctly emarginate, mucronulate. <b>Inflorescences</b> predominantly terminal, often with few spikes at distal axils stiff, erect, dark red, purple, or deep beet-red, less commonly yellowish or greenish, leafless at least in distal part, usually robust. <b>Bracts</b> lanceolate to linear-subulate, subspinescent, 3–6(–8) mm, to 2 times as long as tepals, rigid. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: tepals usually 5, proximal ones lanceolate, distal ones narrowly ovate-elliptic to elliptic, not clawed, unequal to occasionally subequal, 1.3–3(–3.5) mm, apex acute; style branches spreading; stigmas 3. <b>Staminate</b> flowers clustered at tips of inflorescence branches; tepals 3–5; stamens 3–5. <b>Utricles</b> compressed-ovoid to elongate-ovoid, (1.5–)2–3 mm, equaling tepals or nearly so, smooth or lid slightly rugose or minutely verrucose, dehiscence regularly circumscissile. <b>Seeds</b> white, ivory, pinkish white, or black to dark reddish brown, subglobose to lenticular, 1–1.4 mm diam., smooth, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Near places of cultivation
|distribution=Ariz.;Mass.;Mich.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Tex.;Utah;W.Va.;Wis.;cultivated widely.
|discussion=<p><i>Amaranthus hypochondriacus</i> and its hybrids are widely cultivated as ornamental, pseudocereal, and fodder crops in many tropical to warm-temperate regions of the world. Occasionally, <i>A. hypochondriacus</i> occurs as escapes near the places of cultivation; there are no reliable reports of its successful naturalization in the flora area.</p><!--
--><p>The wild progenitor of <i>Amaranthus hypochondriacus</i> seems to be <i>A. powellii</i> (J. D. Sauer 1967b); hybridization with other cultivated taxa (e.g., <i>A. cruentus</i>) probably also played some role. The initial cultivated form probably emerged in southwestern North America, within the original range of native <i>A. powellii</i>.</p>
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name=Amaranthus hypochondriacus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Near places of cultivation
|distribution=Ariz.;Mass.;Mich.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Tex.;Utah;W.Va.;Wis.;cultivated widely.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Amaranthus
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus
|species=Amaranthus hypochondriacus
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