. 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. Botany. 9. Amaranthus deflexus L. Low Amaranth. Fig. 1667. Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2: 295. 1771. Euxolus deflexus Raf. Fl. Tell. 3 : 42. 1836. Glabrous, purplish-green, rather succulent, stem usually much branched, erect, stout or slender, i°-3° tall. Leaves ovate or oval, obtuse retuse or emarginate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, 1-3' long, V-ii' wide, slende
. 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. Botany. 9. Amaranthus deflexus L. Low Amaranth. Fig. 1667. Amaranthus deflexus L. Mant. 2: 295. 1771. Euxolus deflexus Raf. Fl. Tell. 3 : 42. 1836. Glabrous, purplish-green, rather succulent, stem usually much branched, erect, stout or slender, i°-3° tall. Leaves ovate or oval, obtuse retuse or emarginate at the apex, mostly narrowed at the base, 1-3' long, V-ii' wide, slender-petioled, the petioles often as long as the blades or the lower ones longer; flowers polygamous in dense, mostly short and thick terminal spikes and capitate in the axils; bracts shorter than the 2 or 3 oblong or spatulate sepals usually verj' short; utricle fleshy, 3-S-nerved, smooth, indehiscent, longer than the sepals when ripe. In waste places and ballast along the coast. Massa- chusetts to southern New York. .-Mso in California. Probably adventive from Europe. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York : Scribner
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