Redroot Pigweed

Amaranthaceae

LIFE FORM: Summer annual

NATIVITY: North America

VEGETATIVE CHARACTERISTICS:

Grows up to 3 feet tall with large, broad, alternate leaves.

FLOWERS:

Small green flowers tightly clustered to produce a stiff, terminal panicle.

FRUIT/DISPERSAL AGENTS:

Dense heads of small, round black seed enclosed in a brown sheath.

ECOLOGICAL PREFERENCE:

not available

ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTION:

Disturbance-adapted colonizer.

CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Seeds and leaves were an important food plant for native Americans.