Red amaranth
சிவப்புப் பன்றிக்களைराजगिरा
Amaranthus cruentus L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.0 m
- wide
- —
Amaranthaceae
Also called Purple amaranth, Grain Amaranth, Amaranth, Pigweed, Red Amaranth
Formerly Amaranthus anacardana, Amaranthus arardhanus, Amaranthus aureus, Amaranthus berchtholdii, and 18 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. Mexico to NicaraguaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Cream, red, pink, brownRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Quintonil blanco o Alegría, Amaranto, quelite
- root
- iztaquilitl, AMACRU, huauhquilitl
- French
- Amarante étalée, Amarante sanglante, Queue de renard
- German
- Rispen-Fuchsschwanz
- Czech
- laskavec krvavý
- Russian
- Щирица багряная
- Dutch
- Rode Amarant
- Polish
- Szarłat wyniosły
- Chinese (China)
- 千穗谷, 繁穗苋, 老鸦谷
- Japanese
- スギモリゲイトウ
- Estonian
- verev rebashein, laiuv rebashein, pööris-rebashein
- Lithuanian
- Šluotelinis burnotis, Šluotinis burnotis
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Amaranthus cruentus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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