Family: Amaranthaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
Mediterranean region.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh (as
A. viridis) for cultivated ground at Nassau on New Providence in the northwestern Commonwealth. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 472) for disturbed areas in or about cultivated ground in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10, 8).
Synonyms:
Amaranthus lividus; Amaranthus viridis of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not L.
