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; 2nd ed. . Amaranthus graecizans L. Sp. PI. 990. albus L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1404. 1763. Glabrous, pale green, stem erect, bushy-branched, whitish, 6-2° tall, the branches slen-der, ascending. Leaves oblong, spatulate orobovate, V-iV long, slender-petioled, papil-lose, the midvein excurrent; flowers polyga-mous, several together in small axillary clustersshorter than
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; 2nd ed. . Amaranthus graecizans L. Sp. PI. 990. albus L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1404. 1763. Glabrous, pale green, stem erect, bushy-branched, whitish, 6-2° tall, the branches slen-der, ascending. Leaves oblong, spatulate orobovate, V-iV long, slender-petioled, papil-lose, the midvein excurrent; flowers polyga-mous, several together in small axillary clustersshorter than the leaves, commonly not longerthan the petioles; bracts subulate, pungent-pointed, spreading, much longer than the 3membranous sepals; stamens 3; utricle wrinkled,circumscissile, longer than the sepals. In waste and cultivated soil, throughout NorthAmerica, except the extreme north. The leaves fallaway in autumn, and on the western plains the plant,thus denuded, is freely uprooted and blown beforethe wind, whence the popular name. AMARANTHACEAE. Vol. II.
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