General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Fruit: Dehiscent
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Green
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Powell's Amaranth
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Amaranthus powellii
  • Synonym: Amaranthus powellii subsp. bouchonii
  • Synonym: Amaranthus powellii subsp. powellii
  • Synonym: Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. powellii

Photo Gallery
Location: Jedlersdorf rail station, Vienna, Austria
Date: 8-2015
author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Schwetzinger Hardt Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date: 9-2017
author--AnRo0002
Location: Reilingen, Germany
Date: 8-2016
author--AnRo0002
Location: Jedlersdorf rail station, Vienna, Austria
Date: 8-2015
Author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Schwetzinger Hardt Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Date: 9-2017
author--AnRo0002
Location: Korneuburg, Lower Austria
Date: 9-2016
Author--Stefan.lefnaer
Location: Korneuburg district, Lower Austria
Date: 9-2016
Author--Stefan.lefnaer

Date: 7-2015
Author--Stefan.lefnaer

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