Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Amaranthus hybridus
Common name
Slim Amaranth, Spleen Amaranth
Family
Amaranthaceae
Where found
Pastures, disturbed sites, and cultivation. Sydney area and Canberra. Occasional elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 2 m high. Bracts below the flowers spine tipped. Stems hairless, grooved. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5-15 cm long, 10-60 mm wide, margins entire, tips pointed to blunt. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers green, with 5 'petals' each 1–2 mm long, bracts 2.5-4 mm long. Flowers in a cylindrical many-flowered cluster, more or less hanging down. Flowers summer to autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Amaranthus~hybridus (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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