| Family |
Amaranthaceae |
| Scientific name |
Amaranthus viridis L. |
| Synonyms |
Albersia gracilis (Desfontaines) Webb & Berthelot; Amaranthus caudatus
L. var. maximus (Miller) Steudel; Amaranthus gracilis Desfontaines; Amaranthus
maximus Miller; Blitum viride (L.) Moench; Chenopodium caudatum Jacquin;
Euxolus caudatus (Jacquin) Moquin-Tandon; Euxolus caudatus (Jacquin) Moquin-Tandon
var. gracilis Moquin-Tandon; Euxolus caudatus (Jacquin) Moquin-Tandon var.
maximus Moquin-Tandon; Euxolus viridis (L.) Moquin-Tandon; Glomeraria viridis
(L.) Cavanilles |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ho-naga-inu-biyu (ホナガイヌビユ, 穂長犬覓 [meaning: false
amaranth with long inflorescences]) |
| (English common name) green amaranth, slender amaranth, tropical green amaranth, pigweed |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) worldwide tropic |
| Habitat |
Roadside, famyard, field |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=34 |
| Description |
Leaves 4-11cm long, 3-8.5cm wide. Flowers green to yellow brown, 3 perianths
each 1-1.6mm long, flowering in June to October. Fruits 1mm across. Annual
plants. |
| Reference |
Amaranthus viridis L. |
| Amaranthus viridis Linnaeus |
| Amaranthus viridis L. |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (first discovered at Hagi City in 1926) |
