The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Amaranthus greggii
Also called Josiah Amaranth
Amaranthus greggii, also known as Gregg's amaranth or Josiah amaranth, is a glabrous annual flowering plant native to Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico. The plant can grow up to 1 m (3 ft) in height. It is found in sand dunes and near sea beaches. The species name greggii honors Josiah Gregg (1806–1850), a merchant, explorer, naturalist, and author of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico.
According to J. D. Sauer (1972b), Amaranthus myrianthus Standley most probably is a hybrid between Amaranthus arenicola and A. greggii. The seeds of A. greggii are dark brown and shiny, with 1.2-1.7 mm in diameter.
Greenstripe · Prostrate pigweed · Amaranthus anderssonii · Sandhill amaranth · Southern amaranth · Bigelow's amaranth · Mat amaranth · Purple amaranth · Brown's amaranth · California amaranth · Tidalmarsh amaranth · Love-lies-bleeding
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amaranthus greggii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
