Amaranthus graecizans

The Greek pigweed ( Amaranthus graecizans ), or Wilde called Foxtail, is a perennial plant of the genus Amaranthus ( Amaranthus ) within the family of Amaranthaceae ( Amaranthaceae ).

Description

The Greek foxtail is an annual herbaceous plant that reaches the plant height of 20 to 80 centimeters. The upright to ascending, branched stem is green and bare. The leaves are up to 4 cm long, pointed, dirty green or reddish short, awned, slightly wavy on the edge and they do not have Ausrandung.

The flowering period extends from June to October. The flowers are all leaf axils in hanks. The blooms are triple. The bloom are as long as the soft, short stachelspitzigen bracts and shorter than the fruit. Fear is 1.5 to 2 millimeters long. The pericarp ruptures transversely.

Occurrence

The natural range of the Greek fox tail extends from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and into tropical Africa. In Australia, he is a neophyte. On the edge of its campus in Europe it occurs in Germany in the Upper Rhine area.

The Greek foxtail need loose sand or clay soils, which should be rich in nutrients, especially nitrates. It prefers soils that are at least in the depth is not too dry, but rather moist. Even in areas with summer warm climates it is very rare and unstable.

He settled no raw soils but it grows preferably in weed societies, on root crop cultures, and in gardens and vineyards, more rarely you can find him in the fields.

In Germany, only the subspecies Amaranthus graecizans comes subsp. sylvestris ( Vill. ) Brenan ago.

System

The first publication of Amaranthus graecizans was made by Carl Linnaeus. From Amaranthus L. graecizans following synonyms are known: Amaranthus angustifolius Lam, Amaranthus sylvestris Vill ...

The following sub- types: Amaranthus graecizans L. subsp. graecizans Amaranthus graecizans subsp. sylvestris ( Vill. ) Brenan