*Amaranthus caudatus Linnaeus. Common name: Love-Lies-Bleeding, Tasselflower, Purple Amaranth. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Disturbed areas, cultivated as an ornamental. Distribution: Native of Andean South America. Cultivated and rarely escaped or persistent, as in TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), and scattered in PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993).
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA4, G, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Pa, Tat, WH3, Bayón (2015), Costea & Tardif (2003b). Basionym: Amaranthus caudatus L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Amaranthus caudatus - FNA4
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