PLANTS Profile for Amaranthus powellii ssp. powellii (Powell's amaranth)

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Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii
Powell's amaranth

Symbol:

AMPOP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Amaranthaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii

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Synonyms:
Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii

	AMBR4	Amaranthus bracteosus Uline & Bray
	AMREP	Amaranthus retroflexus L. var. powellii (S. Watson) B. Boivin
	AMVI4	Amaranthus viscidulus Greene

Distribution:
Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii


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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii

View 23 genera in Amaranthaceae, 45 species in Amaranthus, 2 subspecies in Amaranthus powellii S. Watson

Classification:
Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Amaranthaceae – Amaranth family
Genus	Amaranthus L. – pigweed
Species	Amaranthus powellii S. Watson – Powell's amaranth
Subspecies	Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii – Powell's amaranth

U.S. Weed Information:
Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii

Amaranthus powellii
Powell amaranth

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

More Accounts and Images:
Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ssp. powellii

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 11/03/2008 12:06 AM MST