| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Primarily in the Mountains; also Orange, Vance, and Lenoir counties.
Native of central and eastern N.A., the specific native range poorly known. Weakley (2018) and FNA consider it perhaps native in NC, and it may be that our montane occurrences are native. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to infrequent in the Mountains, rare elsewhere. | |
| Habitat | Fields, along hiking trail, mountain top, pine forest, pavement cracks, dump. Mainly in disturbed ground. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-October. | |
| Identification | Redroot Amaranth stands erect, 1.5-5 feet tall, moderately to densely pubescent. The leaf stalks are at most the same length as the blades; the blades are ovate to rhombic. Male and female flowers occur on the same plant. The inflorescences are terminal and axillary, rather thick and blunt. It may be confused with A. hybridus, but that species is glabrate. | |
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| State Rank | SE? | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
