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Amaranthus spinosus L., Sp. Pl. 991 1753. (Syn: Amaranthus caracasanus Kunth; Amaranthus coracanus Mart.; Amaranthus spinosus var. basiscissus Thell.; Amaranthus spinosus var. circumscissus Thell.; Amaranthus spinosus var. indehiscens Thell.; Amaranthus spinosus f. inermis Lauterb. & K.Schum.; Amaranthus spinosus var. purpurascens Moq.; Amaranthus spinosus var. pygmaeus Hassk.; Amaranthus spinosus var. rubricaulis Hassk.; Amaranthus spinosus var. viridicaulis Hassk.; Galliaria spinosa (L.) Nieuwl.; Galliaria spitosa Nieuwl.);
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am-uh-RANTH-us — everlasting flower … Dave’s Botanary spy-NO-sus — with spines … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: edlebur, needle burr, prickly amaranth, spiny amaranth, thorny amaranth, thorny pigweed • Bengali: kantanotya • Gujarathi: kantanu-dant • Hindi: कांटा चौलाई kanta chaulai • Kannada: ದಮ್ಟಿನ ಸೋಪ್ಪು dantina soppu • Malayalam: kattumullenkeera • Manipuri: চেংগ্ক্রুক chengkruk • Marathi: कांटेभाजी kante bhaji, कांटेमाठ kante math • Sanskrit: tanduliuyah • Tamil: முள்ளுக்கீரை mullukkeerai • Telugu: ముళ్లతోటకూర mullatotakura . Naturalized: widely naturalized weed of tropic, subtropic, & warm-temperate regions . Erect or spreading herb up to 1 m tall, obtusely angled, much branched, often tinged purple; leaves ovate-rhombic to ovate-lanceolate, up to 12 cm long, glabrous or hairy along veins, apex obtuse with a mucro, leaf base with 1 or 2 axillary spines; flowers in clusters, lower cluster axillary, upper forming terminal or axillary spikes; lower clusters and lower part of spike with female flowers, upper part of spike with male flowers; lower bracts often spiny; tepals green, usually 5, mucronate; stigmas 2-3; utricle included in perianth. .
Vof Week: Amaranthus spinosus from Pipalkoti: Does not look like A. spinosus. Could you blow up stem showing any spines. Sir here are closeup Yes Thanks …
Hooghly Today : Amaranthus spinosus Linnaeus :
Don’t know how Amarantus in “Bengal Plants” became Amaranthus these days but this is surely Amaranthus spinosus Linnaeus, or KANTA-NOTEY (কাঁটা নোটে) (KANTA NUTIA in Bengal Plants), a very common herb on roadside and wasteplace. ID Help :
This thorny Amaranthus is not very common near our area in Pune as against the more common weed Amaranthus viridis. It is very very common here, …, found in everywhere, yet to see Amaranthus viridis, ….maybe there are many, didn’t notice carefully.
Herb ID request – RK93 – 13-Jan-2013:
Requesting identification of this spiny herb from Tungareshwer. It is growing in the stony soil and would be around 3 feet tall. It is flowering now and photos of the flower spike, leaves and spines are attached Amaranthus spinosus
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week : sk-09 : Amaranthus spinosus L.: This is Amaranthus spinosus L., a common herb on roadside.
ID Help and more pictures – efi thread. Yes …, very distinctive species.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: :: KD 01 :: Amaranthus spinosus L from Kamrup district, Assam: Attached images are Amaranthus spinosus L. collected from Kamrup district, Assam
Amaranthus spinosus L.
am-uh-RANTH-us — everlasting flower … Dave’s Botanary
spy-NO-sus — with spines … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: edlebur, needle burr, prickly amaranth, spiny amaranth, thorny amaranth, thorny pigweed • Bengali: kantanotya • Gujarathi: kantanu-dant • Hindi: कांटा चौलाई kanta chaulai • Kannada: ದಮ್ಟಿನ ಸೋಪ್ಪು dantina soppu • Malayalam: kattumullenkeera • Manipuri: চেংগ্ক্রুক chengkruk • Marathi: कांटेभाजी kante bhaji, कांटेमाठ kante math • Sanskrit: tanduliuyah • Tamil: முள்ளுக்கீரை mullukkeerai • Telugu: ముళ్లతోటకూర mullatotakura Naturalized: widely naturalized weed of tropic, subtropic, & warm-temperate regions Reference: Flowers of India • PIER • NPGS / GRIN • Common Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar along NH 8 near Chinchoti on 15 AUG 09 Very nicely illustrated
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :BRS 008 Amaranthus spinosus from Chennai:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS06: Amaranthus spinosus L from Panipat Haryana: Amaranthus spinosus L from Panipat Haryana
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Amaranthus spinosus L from Mandi..GS-27: Amaranthus spinosus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 991. 1753.
Common names: carelessweed; prickly amaranth; spiny amaranth; spiny pigweed
Erect or spreading herb up to 1 m tall, obtusely angled, much branched, often tinged purple; leaves ovate-rhombic to ovate-lanceolate, up to 12 cm long, glabrous or hairy along veins, apex obtuse with a mucro, leaf base with 1 or 2 axillary spines; flowers in clusters, lower cluster axillary, upper forming terminal or axillary spikes; lower clusters and lower part of spike with female flowers, upper part of spike with male flowers; lower bracts often spiny; tepals green, usually 5, mucronate; stigmas 2-3; utricle included in perianth.
Photographed from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
efloraofindia:”For Id 06032013MR1’’ wild plant with thorns at Pune: 4 images. Feb & Mar 2013
requesting identification of this plant growing wild in a pot in a private society garden at Pune thorns seen Amaranthus spinosus It is a good vegetable
Location: Soureni, Mirik, India
Date: 22 April 2017
Altitude: 2000 ft.
Nepali Names : काँडे लुँडे Kaande Lunde / बन्दनी Bandanee / बन लुँडे Ban Lunde
SYMBIOSIS : 1377 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Lime Blue butterfly visiting flowers of Amaranthus spinosus. . Resembles Amaranthus spinosus . Identification required for Amaranthus sp..from kashmir: 2 high res. images. Please confirm wheather it is A.hybridus or A.cruentus Not spinosus I will go with A.hybridus Why not Amaranthus spinosus L. ? A.hybridus closely matches with my specimen….. … also reported it from kashmir Needles were absent I can clearly see the spines. To me it is Amaranthus spinosus L. Yes spines are present at the base So what have you decided ? I agree with … !. Amaranthus spinosus I also agree with … yes it is A.spinosus . Amaranthus spinosus L. :: Waghbil, Thane :: Aug 25, 2007 · JUN23 DV343: 1 image. .
Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus spinosus L.: 1 image.
location/date: Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, October 1994 . References:
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