Palmer Amaranth

(Amaranthus palmeri)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Tall, erect branched summer annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from large taproot, sometimes red

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternate, ovate, prominent venation on underside

Reproduction: Terminal spike inflorescence, basically no lateral spikes, dioecious

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}