NameThatPlant.net: Amaranthus pumilus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

"The biggest threat to seabeach amaranth is the destruction of beach habitat." Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.

Read more about Seabeach Amaranth at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Amaranthus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Amaranthus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-009:

Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amaranthus pumilus

COMMON NAME:
Seabeach Amaranth, Dwarf Amaranth

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image of Amaranthus pumilus, Seabeach Amaranth, Dwarf Amaranth

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ampu2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Amaranthus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Amaranthus pumilus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 066-03-009:
Amaranthus pumilus FAMILY Amaranthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amaranthus pumilus

2315

Forb
Annual
Monoecious

Habitat: Sea beaches, fore-dunes, island end flats, rarely on sound-side beaches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems not armed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
1-5 sepals (or sepals absent) subtended by 3 bracts
Petals absent

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Utricle

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