Prostrate Amaranth

(Amaranthus blitoides)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Prostrate summer annual

Root/stem anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaves: Alternate leaves, simple, ovate, shiny, broadest at tips

Reproduction: Dense axillary clusters, not terminal

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