Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson
(Carelessweed, Palmer's Amaranth, Pigweed)

Family: Amaranthaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Amaranthus palmeri is a very common weedy annual of disturbed ground a lower elevations in the Gila Wilderness. The flower spike is thin and the floral bracts have spines at the tips.
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Amaranthus palmeri, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Cyn., June 17, 2007

Amaranthus palmeri, detail of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Saddlerock Cyn., June 17, 2007

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