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Amaranthus retroflexus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae with several common names, including red-root amaranth, redroot pigweed, red-rooted pigweed, common amaranth, pigweed amaranth, and common tumbleweed. [4] Outside of its native range, it is considered a weed.
Axyris amaranthoides, commonly known as Russian pigweed and upright axyris, [1] [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, that has been introduced to North America. It was introduced into Manitoba in 1886 and has since spread to other provinces in Canada and the United States.
Pigweed can mean any of a number of weedy plants which may be used as pig fodder: Amaranthus species Amaranthus albus, white pigweed, tumble pigweed; Amaranthus blitoides, prostrate pigweed; Amaranthus californicus, California pigweed; Amaranthus fimbriatus, fringed pigweed; Amaranthus hybridus, smooth pigweed
Amaranthus is a cosmopolitan group of more than 50 species which make up the genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths.Some of the better known names include "prostrate pigweed" and "love lies bleeding".
Amaranthus albus is an annual herb growing up to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, forming many branches. Larger specimens turn into tumbleweeds when they die and dry out. The plant creates small, greenish flowers in clumps in the axils of the leaves.
It has several common names, including carelessweed, [1] dioecious amaranth, [2] Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed. It is native to most of the southern half of North America. Populations in the eastern United States are probably naturalized .
Amaranthus blitoides, commonly called mat amaranth, [1] prostrate pigweed, [2] procumbent pigweed, prostrate amaranth, or matweed, is a glabrous annual plants species. It usually grows up to 0.6 m, though it may grow up to 1 m (3 feet).
Lamb's quarter, lambsquarters, and similar terms refer to any of various edible species of herbaceous plants otherwise known by the common names goosefoot or pigweed.. There are numerous variations, with or without hyphens and apostrophes, using one word or two, and singular or plural.