Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus retroflexus

Amaranthus L. Amaranthus retroflexus L. Ömür: Tek yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 7 Habitat: yol kenarı, çorak yerler, kültür arazilerinde Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 1900 Endemik: - Element: ? Türkiye dağılımı: B., K., O., D. ve G. Anadolu Genel dağılımı: K. Amerika Bulunduğu kareler: A2 A3 B4 B9 C3

A. retroflexus L., Sp. PL 991 (1753). Ic: Hegi, I11. Fl. Mittel-Eur. ed. 2, 3(2): t. 95 (1959).   Erect annual, 15-100 cm. Stem shortly and densely hairy. Leaves 3-7 x 2-4 mm, rhomboid-ovate, ± tapered at both ends, somewhat undulate, glabrous.1' Inflorescence of dense-flowered, ± ebracteate pseudo-spikes, the terminal spike not much longer than the laterals. Bracteoles hard and sharp-pointed, 3-6 mm. Perianth of the female flowers with 5 linear-cuneate to spathulate, usually retuse, shortly mucronulate segments. Fruit with a wrinkled lid. Fl. 5-7. Roadsides, waste places and on cultivated land, s.I.-1900 m.Described from Pennsylvania (Hb. Linn. 1117/22!).   A2(A) Istanbul: Maltepe to Dracos, 1 x 1905, Azn.l Kocaeli: Pendik, 4 xi 1906, Azn.l Bursa: Uludağ, 10 ix 1944, Heilbronnl A3 Sakarya: Söğütlü, 50 m, D. 39131! B4 Ankara: Ankara Orman Çiftliği, Alpay 546! B9 Bitlis: d. Kotum, Kamer, 1900 m, D. 24579! C3 Antalya: Kargi Çay, Durbanas to Derince De., D. 14412!   N. America; introduced throughout the world.