Amaranthaceae

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Dysphania incisa (Poir.)

Dysphania incisa (Poir.)

Dysphania incisa (Poir.)

Dysphania graveolens (fetid goosefoot) is an Amaranthaceae flowering plant with disputed naming and a traditional headache treatment use.

Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Dysphania pumilio (R.Br.) Mosyakin & Clemants

Dysphania pumilio is a small aromatic, glandular, sticky annual herb with clustered tiny green flowers in leaf axils.

Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br.

Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br.

Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br.

Enchylaena tomentosa is a widespread drought-tolerant Australian edible shrub used by people and grazing livestock.

Extriplex californica (Moq.) E.H.Zacharias

Extriplex californica (Moq.) E.H.Zacharias

Extriplex californica (Moq.) E.H.Zacharias

Extriplex californica is a low-growing perennial herb with scaly leaves that can be monoecious or dioecious, bearing tiny rough flower clusters.

Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

Froelichia floridana is an annual amaranth flowering plant considered a weedy invasive in Australia.

Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Gomphrena celosioides Mart.

Gomphrena celosioides is an amaranth flowering plant native to the Americas, now naturalized widely across the globe.

Gomphrena serrata L.

Gomphrena serrata L.

Gomphrena serrata L.

The protologue of Gomphrena decumbens has a diagnosis, description, and illustration. The origin of specimens is unknown, no original - material specimen was traced, so illustration No. 482 is designated as lectotype, and a taxonomy revision is proposed.

Gomphrena vermicularis L.

Gomphrena vermicularis L.

Gomphrena vermicularis L.

Gomphrena vermicularis L. is an edible Amaranthaceae plant native to parts of the Americas and tropical Africa.

Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.

Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.

Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq.

Grayia spinosa is a small, often colorful dioecious shrub native to dry areas of the Western United States.

Halocnemum strobilaceum (Pall.) M.Bieb.

Halocnemum strobilaceum (Pall.) M.Bieb.

Halocnemum strobilaceum (Pall.) M.Bieb.

Halocnemum strobilaceum is a branched succulent sub-shrub found in salty coastal and inland habitats from the Mediterranean to East Asia.

Halogeton glomeratus (M.Bieb.) C.A.Mey.

Halogeton glomeratus (M.Bieb.) C.A.Mey.

Halogeton glomeratus (M.Bieb.) C.A.Mey.

Halogeton glomeratus is a toxic noxious invasive halophyte annual weed that harms rangelands and poisons livestock in the western U.S.

Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss.

Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss.

Haloxylon salicornicum (Moq.) Bunge ex Boiss.

Haloxylon salicornicum is a small, almost leafless arid-region shrub with scaly growth and short flower spikes.

Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Iresine diffusa Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Iresine diffusa (Juba's bush) is an Amaranthaceae species with an ornamental form, used folk medically in Peru for ovary inflammation.

Iresine rhizomatosa Standl.

Iresine rhizomatosa Standl.

Iresine rhizomatosa Standl.

Iresine rhizomatosa is a dioecious rhizomatous perennial flowering plant in the Amaranthaceae family native to the Americas.

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst.

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst.

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides (L.) Gueldenst.

Krascheninnikovia ceratoides, the Pamirian winterfat, is a small whitish shrub native to parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia.

Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.Meeuse & Smit

Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.Meeuse & Smit

Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.Meeuse & Smit

Krascheninnikovia lanata, or winterfat, is a North American small halophyte shrub used for forage, ornament, and traditional medicine.

Lipandra polysperma (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Lipandra polysperma (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Lipandra polysperma (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Lipandra polysperma, many-seeded goosefoot, is an annual herb native to Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere.

Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson

Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson

Maireana brevifolia (R.Br.) Paul G.Wilson

Maireana brevifolia, or cotton bush, is a short-lived Australian shrub naturalised in other regions, often found in disturbed saline habitats.

Nitrosalsola vermiculata (L.) Theodorova

Nitrosalsola vermiculata (L.) Theodorova

Nitrosalsola vermiculata (L.) Theodorova

Nitrosalsola vermiculata is a small branched shrub native to arid regions, used for arid forage, invasive in California.

Oxybasis glauca (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis glauca (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis glauca (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis glauca, or oak-leaved goosefoot, is a Eurasian goosefoot that has become invasive in introduced North America.

Oxybasis rubra (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis rubra (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis rubra (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis rubra, commonly red goosefoot, is an annual plant native to North America and Eurasia in genus Oxybasis.

Oxybasis urbica (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis urbica (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis urbica (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch

Oxybasis urbica is a flowering plant in the Amaranthaceae family, native from Europe to the Russian Far East and Northern China.

Ptilotus exaltatus Nees

Ptilotus exaltatus Nees

Ptilotus exaltatus Nees

Ptilotus exaltatus (pink mulla mulla) is an Australian native herb popular in horticulture and a phosphorus hyperaccumulator.

Ptilotus manglesii (Lindl.) F.Muell.

Ptilotus manglesii (Lindl.) F.Muell.

Ptilotus manglesii (Lindl.) F.Muell.

Ptilotus manglesii is a perennial herb native to multiple bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

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