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Herbarium specimen: Amaranthus powellii

Taxon:Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus powellii S. Watson ("Powell's Amaranth")
Collected by:J R Orsenigo
J.D. Sauer
Collection date:12/2/1967
Locality:Florida (USA), Collier County, Immokalee, Plants both green and red; weed in commercial field of peppers.
Institution:Florida State University (FSU)
Accession number:89573
Image:Amaranthus powellii herbarium specimen from Immokalee, Collier County in 1967 by J R Orsenigo.
notes:See apparently introduced as part of poisoned "bait" used for cutworms. From Midwest by boxcar to Tampa--J.O.

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Documented by bonnie123 on 30th May 2015.

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