Amaranthus Albus

Taxonomy:       

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophytes Class: Angiosperms Class: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Amaranthus Species: A.albus

             

Synonym:

Amaranthus albus L. var. pubescens 
Amaranthus graecizans L
Amaranthus graecizans L. var. pubescens 
Amaranthus pubescens 

 How to identify it?

Amaranthus albus is an annual plant erect and branched with white stems 0.20-0.70 m tall has a creeping habit and small opposite spear-shaped leaves, dark green in color, with wavy margins, and the flowers are green and all axillary.The seeds are black and glossy and it is a type of herbaceous plant annual in the Amaranthaceae family are native to North America, Europe, and North Africa.

 

 

Type Of Plant	Life Cycle	Height	Flowering Time	Altitude
Herbaceous	Annual	0.20 m to 0.70 m	June to October	0-200 m

Mediterranean	Edible	Color	Abundance	Toxicity
Yes	Unknown	Purple	Very common	No

 

Other Common Name:

Arabic	Berber/Targui	English	French	Other Name
Katiffa		White Amaranth/ White pigweed	Amarante blanche	Tumble pigweed

Related species:

§  Amaranthus blitoides

§  Amaranthus blitum

§  Amaranthus caudatus

§  Amaranthus cruentus

§  Amaranthus deflexus

§  Amaranthus graecizans

§  Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris

§  Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hybridus

§  Amaranthus retroflexus

§  Amaranthus viridis