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DESCRIPTION:
Low amaranth is a prostrate, succulent annual that is found in
several locations around California. Leaves are oval to diamond-shaped
with
tightly and irregularly curled margins. Leaves alternate on long
slender stems and are attached by petioles almost as long as
the
leaf blades. Low amaranth plants have flowers arranged in spikelike
clusters. Fruit is fleshy and does not split open at maturity.
Seeds
are oval, smooth, shiny, and reddish black in color. Several other
plants in the Amaranthus genus are called pigweeds.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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