An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 7. Amaranthus Torreyi (A. Gray) Benth. Torrey's Amaranth. Fig. 1665. Amblogyne Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 167. 1861. Amaranthus Torreyi Benth,; S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 2 : 2: 42. 1889. Glabrous or nearly so, stem stout or slender, erect, grooved, usually much branched above, 2°-3° tall. Leaves lanceolate or rhom
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 7. Amaranthus Torreyi (A. Gray) Benth. Torrey's Amaranth. Fig. 1665. Amblogyne Torreyi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 5: 167. 1861. Amaranthus Torreyi Benth,; S. Wats. Bot. Cal. 2 : 2: 42. 1889. Glabrous or nearly so, stem stout or slender, erect, grooved, usually much branched above, 2°-3° tall. Leaves lanceolate or rhombic- lanceolate, thin, narrowed above to a rather blunt , mostly cuneate at the base, il'-4' long, i'-i' wide, slender-petioled; flowers dioecious, borne in terminal slender some- times panicled spikes and in small axillary clusters; bracts shorter than or about equal- ling the 5 sepals, cuspidate; sepals of the pistillate flowers obovate or broadly spatu- late, clawed, obtuse or emarginate, those of the staminate flowers narrower and subacute; utricle dry, indehiscent. In dry soil, western Nebraska to Xevada, south to Mexico. Plant with the aspect of Acnida. June-Aug. 8. Amaranthus lividus L. Purplish Ama- ranth. Fig. 1666. Amaranthus lividus L. Sp. PI. 990. 1753. Euxolus lividus Moq. in DC. Prodr. 13-; ^75. 1S49. Glabrous, rather succulent, purplish-green or red; stem erect, slender, branched, i°-3° tall. Leaves ovate, entire, 1-3' long, strongly emarginate at the apex, narrowed at the base, slender-petioled; flow- ers monoecious or polygamous, in dense terminal spikes and in capitate axillary clusters usually much shorter than the petioles; bracts shorter than the 2 or 3 oblong or spatulate sepals; utricle dry, sca- rious, smooth, indehiscent, longer than the sepals. In waste places, eastern Massachusetts to southern New York. Adventive from tropical America. July- Sept. Amaranthus gracilis Desf., which differs mainly from this species by its warty utricle, has been
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