Calflora: Amaranthus deflexus

Amaranthus deflexus L.

Amaranth, large fruited amaranth, largefruit amaranth, low amaranth

Amaranthus deflexus, a dicot, is an annual herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: May--Nov

Communities:	weed, species characteristic of disturbed places
Habitat:	disturbed [Walker]
Elevation:	between 0 and 2133 feet
Family:	AMARANTHACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Amaranthus found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

XWALK:

Amaranthus gracilis

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 26 / 22 CCH Butte: 20 / 18 CCH Contra Costa: 5 / 4 CCH Imperial: 1 / 1 CCH Los Angeles: 19 / 17 CCH Monterey: 6 / 5 CCH Marin: 8 / 6 CCH Napa: 1 / 0 CCH Nevada: 2 / 1 CCH Orange: 8 / 6 CCH Sacramento: 4 / 3 CCH Santa Barbara: 37 / 34 CCH San Bernardino: 6 / 6 CCH Santa Clara: 8 / 7 CCH Santa Cruz: 5 / 2 CCH San Diego: 15 / 14 CCH San Francisco: 6 / 2 CCH San Luis Obispo: 9 / 8 CCH San Mateo: 7 / 6 CCH Solano: 2 / 1 CCH Sonoma: 4 / 2 CCH Stanislaus: 1 / 1 CCH Ventura: 15 / 12 CCH Yolo: 5 / 4 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Amaranthus deflexus from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (AMDE)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
UC Integrated Pest Management Weed Photo Gallery
(profile of this plant as an agricultural weed)
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database