Amaranthus Spinosus

Amaranthus Spinosus

Amaranthus spinosus Spiny amaranth, pigweed Amaranthus spinosus L. Family: Amaranthaceae Description: Shrubby annual herb with striated stems to 5 ft long. Stems succulent, often reddish; pair of spines in leaf axils. Leaves alternate, ovate, somewhat triangu- lar, to 5 inches long by 2 inches wide, veins raised be- neath. Sometimes leaves have a white chevron pointing toward the apex. Flower heads green in leaf axils and on tail-like terminal spikes which are sometimes branched. One plant can produce 235,000 seeds. A com- mon weed in row crops, field crops, pastures in the trop- ics and subtropics. [There are several other species of amaranths in Hawai‘i which resemble spiny amaranth but without the spines. The most common amaranth in Hawai‘i is A. viridis L., slender amaranth, which lacks the spines and has leaves that are notched at the apex.] Amarantos is Greek for unfading, in reference to the color of the inflorescence of some species of this genus; Environmental impact: Spines hinder workers in spinosus, spiny; viridis, green(5, 26, 70). cropland and pastures and foresters and hikers in natu- ral areas. Amaranth responds to nitrogen. In 1973, 39 Distribution: From Asia, now widely distributed dairy cows fed green chop contaminated with amaranth throughout the tropics and warm temperate regions. fertilized with high-nitrate manure died(26). Occurs in Asia from Japan to Indonesia to India, the Pacific islands and Australia, Africa, the Americas, and Management: Sensitive to hormone type herbicides, Hawai‘i. Dry to mesic areas. Infests many crops and especially when young. Sensitive to glyphosate. orchards. Common in non-cropland. In pastures, it of- ten occurs around water troughs. Introduced into Hawai‘i by 1928(26, 70). This is an excerpt from Weeds of Hawai‘i’s Pastures and Natural Areas; An Identification and Management Guide by P. Motooka et al. ©2003, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai‘i at Mänoa..

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