Amaranthus albus
Species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amaranthus albus is an annual species of flowering plant native to the Americas. Its common names include common tumbleweed,[2] tumble pigweed,[2] tumbleweed,[2] prostrate pigweed,[3] pigweed amaranth, white amaranth[2] and white pigweed.[2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amaranthus |
| Species: | A. albus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amaranthus albus L. 1759 not Thunb. 1823 nor Rodschied ex F.Dietr. 1824 | |
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Description
Amaranthus albus is an annual herb growing up to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, forming many branches. Larger specimens turn into tumbleweeds when they die and dry out. The plant creates small, greenish flowers in clumps in the axils of the leaves. Male and female flowers are mixed together in the same clump.[4][5]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to the tropical Americas, but is a widespread introduced species in other places, including Europe, Africa, and Australia.[4][6][7]
Uses
In Cambodia, the leaves of the plant (which is known as phti sâ in the Khmer language) are used as pig feed, and are sometimes cooked and eaten by people.[8]
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