. 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 . I. Amaranthus piimilus Raf. Coast Amaranth. Fig. 1669. .liuarantus fumilus Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 360. 1808. EuxoIks puiiiihis Chapm. Fl. S. States 381. i860. Glabrous, fleshy, branched, the branches pros- trate or ascending, 3'-8' long. Leaves ovate, rhombic-ovate, obovate or suborbicular, most of them clustered toward the ends of the branches, obtuse or emarginate at 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 . I. Amaranthus piimilus Raf. Coast Amaranth. Fig. 1669. .liuarantus fumilus Raf. Med. Rep. (II.) 5: 360. 1808. EuxoIks puiiiihis Chapm. Fl. S. States 381. i860. Glabrous, fleshy, branched, the branches pros- trate or ascending, 3'-8' long. Leaves ovate, rhombic-ovate, obovate or suborbicular, most of them clustered toward the ends of the branches, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, prominently veined, petioled, 3"-io" long, the veins often purple; flowers few together in small axillary clusters; bracts lanceo- late, subacute, shorter than the 5 oblong obtuse sepals; stamens s; anthers yellow; utricle fleshy, indehiscent, faintly s-ribbed, slightly wrinkled, nearly twice as long as the sepals when mature; seed very large for the genus. On sea beaches. Rhode Island to North Carolina. Dwarf amaranth. June-Sept.
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