Species
purple amaranth
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAmaranthaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile North, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Observations5,669
Chile Central
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
Article
Amaranthus blitum, commonly called purple amaranth or Guernsey pigweed, is an annual plant species in the economically important plant family Amaranthaceae. It has a number of culinary uses.
Description