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Amaranthus spinosus

Plant photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus spinosus (also recorded as Needle Burr) is an accepted species in the family Amaranthaceae, within the order Caryophyllales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, and Arkansas. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Needle Burr
Family
Amaranthaceae
Order
Caryophyllales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy