Common Name: prostrate pigweed Scientific Name: Amaranthus lividus L. Family Name: Amaranthaceae - Amaranth Family
Identification Notes:
life cycle - annual, reproducing from seed stems - smooth, prostrate, ascending tips leaves - alternate, widest near leaf tip, notched leaves 1, leaves 2, seedling flowers - green, small, petals absent; axillary clusters, spiny
life cycle - annual, reproducing from seed
stems - smooth, prostrate, ascending tips
leaves - alternate, widest near leaf tip, notched leaves 1, leaves 2, seedling
flowers - green, small, petals absent; axillary clusters, spiny
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