Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Amaranthus
EditorBektemir Osmonali
Scientific name: Amaranthus albus L.
Name acc. to:Bektemir
Herbar:list records    scans available    
Synonym: Amaranthus gracilentus H. W. Kung. (acc. to Flora of China)
Description:Stem erect or ascending, greenish white, 30-50 cm tall, branched from base, glabrous or strigose. Petiole 3-5 mm, glabrous; leaf blade obovate or spatulate, 0.5-2 cm, glabrous, base narrowing to petiole, margin slightly undulate, apex obtuse or notched, with a mucro. Stamens longer than perianth; bracts conspicuously longer than perianth.
Link to Flora of China:http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006978
Habitat:On garbage around houses