Amaranthus floridanus

(S. Watson) J. D. Sauer

Madroño 13: 25. 1955.

Common names: Florida water-hemp Florida amaranth
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Acnida floridana S. Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 376. 1882
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 417. Mentioned on page 412, 416.

Stems erect, branched, slender, usually (0.5–)1–1.5 m. Leaves: 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. Inflorescences terminal, linear spikes to panicles. Bracts: of pistillate flowers 1–1.5 mm; of staminate flowers with moderately heavy midrib, 1–1.5 mm. Pistillate 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. Staminate flowers: tepals 5, with excurrent midrib, equal to subequal, 2(–2.5) mm, apex acute to indistinctly mucronulate in outer tepals; stamens 5. Utricles 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. Seeds dark reddish brown to dark brown, 0.7–1 mm diam., shiny.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–fall.
Habitat: Coastal dunes, beaches, swamps, marshes, disturbed habitats, such as gardens and fields near coast
Elevation: 0-10 m

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... more about "Amaranthus floridanus"
Sergei L. Mosyakin +  and Kenneth R. Robertson +
(S. Watson) J. D. Sauer +
Acnida floridana +
Florida water-hemp +  and Florida amaranth +
0-10 m +
Coastal dunes, beaches, swamps, marshes, disturbed habitats, such as gardens and fields near coast +
Flowering late spring–fall. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Acnida sect. Acnidastrum +  and Acnida sect. Montelia +
Amaranthus floridanus +
Amaranthus sect. Acnida +
species +