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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
"The biggest threat to seabeach amaranth is the destruction of beach habitat." Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Read more about Seabeach Amaranth at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus pumilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Amaranthus pumilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-009:
Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amaranthus pumilus
COMMON NAME:
Seabeach Amaranth, Dwarf Amaranth
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ampu2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus pumilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Amaranthus pumilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-009:
Amaranthus pumilus
FAMILY
Amaranthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amaranthus pumilus
2315
Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Sea beaches, fore-dunes, island end flats, rarely on sound-side beaches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
1-5 sepals (or sepals absent) subtended by 3 bracts
Petals absent
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p344
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p487
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p462
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