Amaranthus retroflexus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae with several common names, including red-root amaranth, redroot pigweed, red-rooted pigweed, common amaranth, pigweed amaranth, and common tumbleweed.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Redroot Amaranth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Amaranthus powellii
- Amaranthus hybridus
- Amaranthus viridis
- Amaranthus dubius
- Amaranthus spinosus
- Amaranthus deflexus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
- Species
- Amaranthus retroflexus
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