Redroot Pigweed

(Amaranthus retroflexus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect, stout summer annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from well-developed taproot which may or may not be red

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternately arranged & simple

Reproduction: Terminal panicle of densely crowded stout spikes

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