Amaranthus hybridus

Taxonomy:       

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

             

Synonym:

Amaranthus chlorostachys

Amaranthus Powellii

Amaranthus paniculatus

Amaranthus hybridus var patulus

Amaranthus patulus

How to identify it?

Amaranthus hybridus is one of those plants known in Algeria. Its stunning flowers are an annual herb of the Amaranthaceae family, native to North Africa. It can be found in Algeria in abundance. It is a plant those stem is often reddish, and its flowers are small and numerous. These inflorescences intertwine with each other, forming long, green flowers that can easily reach 10 cm, borne in the upper part of the stem. Hybrid amaranth fruit is a capsule. Each capsule contains a small, shiny black bean about 1 mm in diameter that is edible.

Type Of Plant	Life Cycle	Height	Flowering Time	Altitude
Herbaceous	Annual	10 m to 90 c m	July to Octobre	0-1300 m

Mediterranean	Edible	Color	Abundance	Toxicity
Yes	Yes/seeds/leaves	Green	Very common	No

 

Other Common Name:

Arabic	Berber/Targui	English	French	Other Name
Orf Edik / Chedache		Green Amaranth	Amarante paniculée	Smooth 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