Goosefoot Family [Amaranthaceae] |
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21st Aug 2010, Reading, Berks. | Photo: (CC by 2.0) Reneé Grayer |
Here upright, but often found prostrate. The stems are whitish. The inflorescence has many spiny bracts. The flowers are in dense spike-like clusters at the tops of stems. The bracteoles (secondary bracts) are twice as long as the perianth (calyx plus corolla) [probably neith of those are discernible in the above photo]. |
Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
The leave are usually rounded at the ends. The flowering stems of this species are leafy all the way to the stem apex. |
Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Two specimens lain flat out. There's a root just left of centre. |
Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
Undersides of leaves might be purple-brown (or that may be an artefact of being dead and drying out?). |
Photo: (CC by 2.0) Geoff Toone |
The leaves have a tiny longish (acuminate) point at the end (central leaf). |
For distinguishing features, see captions.
No relation to : Pignut (Conopodium majus), It is found mainly in the South of England, only rarely in Ireland or the Channel Islands. It is native to North America and over here is an introduction which has naturalised in a few places.
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Amaranthus | albus | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Amaranthaceae |
Amaranthus (Pigweeds) |
Goosefoot Family [Amaranthaceae] |