Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Amaranthus viridis
Common name
Green amaranth
Family
Amaranthaceae
Where found
Pastures, gardens, and disturbed sites. Sydney area and the mountains to the west. Occasionally coastal south of Sydney.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 1 m high. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1-15 cm long. 6-60 mm wide, with long stalks, margins entire. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers greenish, with 3 'petals', each 0.5–2 mm long, bracts to 1.2 mm long. Flowers in cylindrical clusters, mostly 5–15 cm long, moderately dense. Flowers Dec.–Apr.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Amaranthus~viridis (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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