Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, Photographer Murray Fagg, Kalyarr National Park NW of Hay, NSW

Common Name

Dwarf Amaranth, Boggabri Weed

Family

Amaranthaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 30cm tall. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1-4cm long, flat, hairless, with pointed tips. Flowers usually small (less than 3mm across), greenish, in globular many-flowered clusters at the bases of the leaves. Vulnerable Vic.

Description (page 282) and photo (page 283) (as Amaranthus macrocarpus) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

PlantNET description with photos: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Amaranthus~macrocarpus~var.+macrocarpus