Difference between revisions of "Amaranthus blitoides"

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 273. 1877.

Common names: Prostrate pigweed prostrate amaranth matweed matweed amaranth
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 434. Mentioned on page 414, 428.
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|discussion=<p>The name Amaranthus graecizans often has been misapplied to both A. blitoides and A. albus in older North American floras and manuals.</p><!--
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|discussion=<p>The name <i>Amaranthus graecizans</i> often has been misapplied to both <i>A. blitoides</i> and <i>A. albus</i> in older North American floras and manuals.</p><!--
--><p>Amaranthus blitoides was probably originally native to central and partly eastern United States, but now it is widely and successfully naturalized almost everywhere in temperate North America and in many subtropical to warm-temperate regions. It has not been reported from Mississippi or North Carolina but since it is found in all other conterminous United States it can be expected to occur in these two as well.</p><!--
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--><p><i>Amaranthus blitoides</i> was probably originally native to central and partly eastern United States, but now it is widely and successfully naturalized almost everywhere in temperate North America and in many subtropical to warm-temperate regions. It has not been reported from Mississippi or North Carolina but since it is found in all other conterminous United States it can be expected to occur in these two as well.</p><!--
--><p>Varieties have been described within Amaranthus blitoides; most of them are of no taxonomic significance, being mostly ecologic forms or local morphologic variants. Among the infraspecific taxa, the most constant is var. reverchonii Uline & W. L. Bray, with narrower, more elongated leaves.</p>
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--><p>Varieties have been described within <i>Amaranthus blitoides</i>; most of them are of no taxonomic significance, being mostly ecologic forms or local morphologic variants. Among the infraspecific taxa, the most constant is <i></i>var.<i> reverchonii</i> Uline & W. L. Bray, with narrower, more elongated leaves.</p>
 
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Revision as of 17:31, 18 September 2019

Plants annual, glabrous. Stems prostrate or ascending (very rarely suberect), much-branched (usually from base), (0.1–)0.2–0.6(–1) m. Leaves: petiole ± 1/2 as long as blade; blade obovate, elliptic, or spatulate, 1–2(–4) × 0.5–1(–1.5) cm, base cuneate and tapering, margins usually entire, plane, rarely slightly undulate, apex obtuse, rounded, mucronulate. Inflorescences axillary glomerules, green. Bracts of pistillate flowers narrow, thin, 1.5–5 mm, ± equaling or slightly exceeding tepals. Pistillate flowers: tepals (3–)4–5, narrowly ovate to broadly linear, unequal or subequal, 1.5–3 mm, thin, apex acute or acuminate; style branches spreading; stigmas 3. Staminate flowers intermixed with pistillate; tepals 3(–4); stamens 3. Utricles broadly ovoid, 1.7–2.5 mm, equaling tepals, mostly smooth (slightly verrucose or rugose in dry plants), dehiscence regularly circumscissile. Seeds black, lenticular to broadly plumply lenticular, 1.3–1.6 mm diam., rather dull.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Disturbed habitats: roadsides, riverbanks, railroads, fields, waste places, sandy flats
Elevation: 0-2200 m

Distribution

Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Que., Sask., Ala., Alaska, Ariz., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., introduced and often completely naturalized in South America, Eurasia, and other regions.

Discussion

The name Amaranthus graecizans often has been misapplied to both A. blitoides and A. albus in older North American floras and manuals.

Amaranthus blitoides was probably originally native to central and partly eastern United States, but now it is widely and successfully naturalized almost everywhere in temperate North America and in many subtropical to warm-temperate regions. It has not been reported from Mississippi or North Carolina but since it is found in all other conterminous United States it can be expected to occur in these two as well.

Varieties have been described within Amaranthus blitoides; most of them are of no taxonomic significance, being mostly ecologic forms or local morphologic variants. Among the infraspecific taxa, the most constant is var. reverchonii Uline & W. L. Bray, with narrower, more elongated leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Sergei L. Mosyakin +  and Kenneth R. Robertson +
S. Watson +
Undefined subg. Albersia +
Prostrate pigweed +, prostrate amaranth +, matweed +  and matweed amaranth +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +, introduced and often completely naturalized in South America +, Eurasia +  and and other regions. +
0-2200 m +
Disturbed habitats: roadsides, riverbanks, railroads, fields, waste places, sandy flats +
Flowering summer–fall. +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Acanthochiton +, Acnida +, Albersia +, Amblogyna +, Euxolus +, Mengea +, Sarratia +  and Scleropus +
Amaranthus blitoides +
Amaranthus subg. Albersia +
species +