Fringed Amaranth
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Color: Pink
Common name: Fringed Amaranth
Latin name: Amaranthus fimbriatus
Family: AMARANTHACEAE
Height: l0–30 cm inflorescence.
Description: Erect pink to reddish stems with many small male and female flower clusters with pink, fan-shaped fringed sepals.
Leaf: Linear to narrowly lance-shaped.
Range: Mojave Desert, Desert Mountains, Sonora Desert.
Habitat: Sandy, gravelly slopes, washes. Creosote Bush scrub, Joshua Tree woodland, Sagebrush Scrub.
Elevation: 600–1700 m.
Flowering time: Aug–Nov, after summer rains.
Notes: Photographed in September 29, 2007 in the Mojave Desert, west of Barstow, San Bernardino County, California. Common annual. Distribution outside California: to s Canada, Montana, w Texas, Baja California.
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