pigweed, smooth
| COMMON NAME: | Pigweed, smooth | |
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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Amaranthus hybridus | |
| FAMILY: | Amaranthaceae | |
| LIFECYCLE: | Annual | |
| FEATURES: | Multibranching upright annual dicot weed. Flowers terminal along stems, densely clustered. Stem ribbed, green to purple depending on environmental conditions. Leaves simple, long petiole, oblanceolate. |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Common weed of production agriculture throughout the southeast. Easily mistaken for redroot morningglory. |
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