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Herbarium specimen: Amaranthus albus

Taxon:Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus albus L. ("White Pigweed")
Collected by:Prof. Loran C Anderson
Collection date:22/6/2000
Locality:Florida (USA), Leon County, Tallahassee, Growing with A. hybridus and A. viridis in bare area by azaleas near loading dock for the Conradi Bldg on FSU campus.
Institution:Florida State University (FSU)
Accession number:89507
Image:Amaranthus albus herbarium specimen from Tallahassee, Leon County in 2000 by Prof. Loran C Anderson.
collector's number:19355
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Much-branched with decumbent-ascending stems; pistillate flowers with 3 sepals, hyaline except for green vein, obtuse or more often acute, hidden by longer, green attenuate-cuspidate bracts.

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Documented by johned on 20th August 2015.

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