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Argentina amaranth

green amaranth, hybrid amaranth, smooth amaranth, green pigweed, smooth pigweed

Amaranthus deflexus

Amaranthus hybridus

Flowering time July-September July-October
Habitat Open, disturbed areas. Fields, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washingotn, where known only from Whitman County; Washington to California; also in eastern North America.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Introduced from South America Introduced from eastern North America
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
A. albus, A. blitoides, A. blitum, A. californicus, A. caudatus, A. cruentus, A. hybridus, A. hypochondriacus, A. powellii, A. retroflexus, A. tuberculatus
A. albus, A. blitoides, A. blitum, A. californicus, A. caudatus, A. cruentus, A. deflexus, A. hypochondriacus, A. powellii, A. retroflexus, A. tuberculatus
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