Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.
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- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Botanical Name
- Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.
- Common Name
- Careless-weed, Palmer's Amaranth
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.
- Comments
- Principally a weed in agricultural fields where glyphosate resistance is causing it to become a serious pest. It showed up for the first time west of the Blue Ridge in Virginia in 2013.
- Habitat
- Fields, roadsides, riverbanks, and disturbed alluvial habitats. Infrequent to rare in the Piedmont, rare in the mountains; may be locally abundant in agricultural fields where found.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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