Amaranthus schinzianus Thell.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Amaranthus

Characteristics

Prostrate or erect annual herb, 30-500 mm tall, branched from below, glabrous, with stems appearing leafy up to apex. Leaves linear-oblanceolate. Flowers minute, in axillary cymose clusters, white with green midrib. Fruit obovoid to obconical, coarsely warted in upper part.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 19 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Amaranthus schinzianus world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59667-1
WFO ID wfo-0000530480
COL ID CH6H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Amaranthus schinzianus