Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus

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Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus

Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea, Sida 19: 984 2001. (syn: Albersia blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f.; Albersia oleracea (L.) Kunth; Amaranthus ascendens var. oleraceus (L.) Thell. ex Priszter; Amaranthus circinnatus Poir.; Amaranthus lividus L.; Amaranthus lividus subsp. oleraceus (L.) Soó; Amaranthus obtusiflorus (Mart.) Kov.; Amaranthus officinalis Gromov ex Trautv.; Amaranthus oleraceus L.; Amaranthus olitorius Besser; Blitum lividum (L.) Moench; Blitum oleraceum (L.) Moench; Glomeraria livida (L.) Cav. (Unresolved); Glomeraria oleracea (L.) Cav. (Unresolved); Pentrius oleraceus Raf. (unresolved); (≡) Amaranthus blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook. f.);

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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea from Delhi...GS-28:

Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea, in M. Costea et al., Sida 19:984. 2001

Syn: Amaranthus lividus L.; A. oleraceus L.

Erect or ascending annual herb up to 70 cm tall, mostly glabrous; leaves ovate or rhomboid-ovate, glabrous or slightly hairy, apex emarginate and mucronate; flowers green in slender terminal spikes or panicles, up to 10 cm long, lower flowers often in axillary clusters; perianth segments usually 3, rarely 4-5, lanceolate-oblong, mucronate; stigmas 2-3; utricle exceeding the perianth.

Photographed from Delhi.

References:

The Plant List GRIN Flora of Pakistan Annonated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal

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