Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) J.D.Sauer

Roughfruit amaranth (en), Amarante (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Amaranthus

Characteristics

Stems erect to sometimes ascending or rarely prostrate, branched, rarely simple, usually (0.5-)1-2(-3) m. Leaves: petiole 1/4-1/2 length of blade; blade ovate or obovate proximally, oblong or elliptic to narrowly lanceolate distally, 1.5-15 × 0.5-3 cm, base cuneate, margins entire, plane, apex obtuse or rounded to acute. Inflorescences terminal, linear spikes to panicles, occasionally interrupted-moniliform, remote, globose glomerules. Bracts: of pistillate flowers 1-2 mm; of staminate flowers with inconspicuous to prominent midrib, 1-2 mm, apex acuminate to short-subulate. Pistillate flowers: tepals absent or 1-2, often rudimentary, 1-3 mm; style branches ± erect; stigmas 3. Staminate flowers: tepals 5, inner tepals with prominent midribs excurrent as rigid spines or not, equal to unequal, 2-3 mm, apex obtuse to acute or acuminate or indistinctly mucronulate; stamens 5. Utricles dark brown to reddish brown, not ribbed, obovoid to subglobose, 1.5-2 mm, thin, almost smooth or irregularly rugose, indehiscent, irregularly dehiscent, or dehiscence regularly circumscissile. Seeds dark reddish brown to dark brown, 0.7-1 mm diam., shiny.
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Dioecious; prostrate to erect, to 2 m; lvs and infls highly variable; bracts 1–1.5 mm, with slender, strongly excurrent midvein; male fls with 5 subequal sep 2.5–3 mm, the outer acuminate, the inner obtuse or emarginate, the midvein not excurrent; female fls usually without perianth, occasionally with 1 or 2 vestigial sep under 1 mm; fr 1.5–2 mm, indehiscent or bursting irregularly, smooth or roughened; style branches 3 or 4; seeds 0.8–1 mm, lenticular to obovoid, dark reddish-brown; 2n=32. Margins of fresh water; Vt. to N.D., s. to N.J., O., Tenn., La. and Kans. (A. ambigens; Acnida altissima; Acnida subnuda)
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.25 - 1.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Wet areas, such as margins of rivers, ponds, marshes, lakes, and creeks, disturbed habitats, such as agricultural fields, roadsides, and railroads; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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 -

Images

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Distribution

Amaranthus tuberculatus world distribution map, present in Canada, Israel, Russian Federation, and United States of America

Conservation status

Amaranthus tuberculatus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59699-1
WFO ID wfo-0000530532
COL ID CH7D
BDTFX ID 82823
INPN ID 610846
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Acnida altissima Acnida concatenata Acnida subnuda Acnida tuberculata Amaranthus altissimus Amaranthus ambigens Amaranthus miamiensis Amaranthus rudis Amaranthus tuberculatus Montelia tamariscina Acnida altissima var. prostrata Acnida altissima var. subnuda Acnida tamariscina var. concatenata Acnida tamariscina var. prostrata Acnida tamariscina var. subnuda Acnida tamariscina var. tuberculata Acnida tuberculata var. prostrata Acnida tuberculata var. subnuda Amaranthus cannabinus var. concatenatus Amaranthus tuberculatus var. prostratus Amaranthus tuberculatus var. rudis Amaranthus tuberculatus var. subnudus Acnida cannabina var. subnuda Acnida cannabina var. prostrata Montelia tamariscina var. concatenata