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Prostrate Amaranth - Amaranthus blitoides
Other Names:
Amaranthus graecizans [misapplied]
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Native Species Global Rank :
GNR
State Rank :
SU
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C-value :
2
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Native to parts of North America, may be introduced into Montana.
General Description
Monoecious. Stems branched at the base, prostrate to ascending, 5–50 cm with glabrous to pubescent foliage. Leaf blade obovate, 10–25 mm long, mostly longer than the petiole. Inflorescence axillary glomerules; bracts broadly lanceolate, 2–3 mm long with a spine tip. Flowers: sepals 3 to 5, narrowly ovate, acuminate, 2–3 mm long; stamens 3. Utricle 2–3 mm, as long as sepals; seed ca. 1.3 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Across most of MT; native to the West but throughout North America, also completely naturalized in parts of South Amererica, Eurasia, and other regions (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ; Welsh 2003 in Fl. N. Amer. Vol. 4).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 22
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Recency
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Habitat
Disturbed soil of fields, roadsides, margins of streams, ponds; plains, valleys (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
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