Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Amaranthus blitum L. subsp. emarginatus (Moq. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Muñoz Garmendia & Pedrol
Family : AMARANTHACEAE
Genus : Amaranthus
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Some regions
Flowering time : July. August. September. October.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Humid soils.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
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).
Status : Alien species.
