Axyris amaranthoides
Linn.
Upright axyris
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable
Young leaves are used as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Asia, Canada, Central Asia, China, Europe, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, North America, Russia, Siberia, USA,
How to Identify
An annual herb. It grows 20-80 cm high. The stems are erect and stout. Both male and female flowers are on the same plant. The stems are upright and 20-80 cm tall. The lower leaves have short leaf stalks. They are oval to pointed. The upper leaves are rounded oval shape with leaf stalks. There are teeth along the edge. The male flowers are in narrow spikes at the top and there are one or two female flowers in the leaf axils below the male flowers. The fruit are oval, red and dry.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Axyris amaranthoides, commonly known as Russian pigweed and upright axyris, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, that has been introduced to North America. It was introduced into Manitoba in 1886 and has since spread to other provinces in Canada and the United States.
Notes
Also put in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Inu-hokigi, Russian pigweed
References (5)
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 76
- Flora of China.
- Rawat, G.S., & Pangtey, Y.P.S., 1987, A Contribution to the Ethnobotany of Alpine Regions of Kumaon. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol. 11 No. 1 pp 139-147
- Sp. pl. 2:979. 1753 (type species)
- Tanaka,
