Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. blitum

Spice In the field

Family: AMARANTHACEAE

Genus: Amaranthus

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Some regions

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Humid soils.

Characteristics: An herbaceous, normally erect plant, with axial glomules ending in a terminal panicle. At the apex leaves have a very shallow depression.

Observations: In Balears there are about ten taxon of the exotic naturalized Amaranthus, and only one autochthonous species (A. graecizans).