Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Voitenko, V. F. and T. S. Nikolaevskaya. Axyris amaranthoides Linnaeus. Stems slender, ascending, herbage and stems covered with rusty-colored stellate trichomes and whitish simple trichomes. Flowers with a 3-parted perianth, tepals oblong to oval, obtuse, dorsal surface covered with stellate as well as simple trichomes, whitish.
Pistillate flowers green, solitary or forming axillary cymes.
Inflorescences freely branching. Fruit red or dark brown, obovate or oval, heteromorphic, 2.5 3.0 mm, crowned by a 2-lobed appendage. This is an invasive and problematic weed, especially in cereal crops. All rights reserved. Please contact our Webmaster for comments on this site.