Species
Love-lies-bleeding
Amaranthus caudatus
Varieties
6 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
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| DreadlocksBSI-FL37628 | — |
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| MixedBSI-FL38682 | — |
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| redBSI-H24000 | — |
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| Red (Love-lies-bleeding)BSI-FL33008 | — |
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| Viridis (green)BSI-FL38472 | — |
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| viridusBSI-H24200 | — |
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Amaranthus caudatus is an annual noted for long, drooping flower tassels. The epithet caudatus refers to this tailed appearance.
Flowers and foliage
The hanging inflorescences distinguish it from amaranths chiefly selected for coloured leaves or upright plumes. Moist soil suits it, while the named selection determines the particular ornamental reference.
Long hanging inflorescences
red, Viridis (green) and Dreadlocks are distinct wholesale entries for resellers. Keep named strains separate from a generic amaranth mixture when comparing colour and inflorescence form.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Amaranthus caudatus
- Common names
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- foxtail
- foxtail amaranth
- inca-wheat
- love-lies-bleeding
- purple amaranth
- quelite
- red-hot-cattail
- tassel flower
- tassel-flower
- velvet-flower
- Synonyms
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- amaranthus abyssinicus
- amaranthus alopecurus
- amaranthus cararu
- amaranthus carau
- amaranthus caudatus albiflorus
- amaranthus caudatus alopecurus
- amaranthus caudatus f. alopecurus
- amaranthus caudatus mantegazzianus
- amaranthus caudatus maximus
- amaranthus caudatus pendulinus
- amaranthus caudatus saueri
- amaranthus caudatus subsp. mantegazzianus
- amaranthus caudatus subsp. saueri
- amaranthus caudatus var. albiflorus
- amaranthus caudatus var. alopecurus
- amaranthus caudatus var. atropurpureus
- amaranthus caudatus var. maximus
- amaranthus dussii
- amaranthus edulis
- amaranthus edulis spadiceus
- amaranthus edulis typicus
- amaranthus edulis var. spadiceus
- amaranthus hybridus caudatus
- amaranthus hybridus subsp. caudatus
- amaranthus leucocrous
- amaranthus mantegazzianus
- amaranthus mategazzianus
- amaranthus maximus
- amaranthus paniculatus caudatus
- amaranthus pendulinus
- amaranthus pendulus
- euxolus arvensis
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
- Species
- Amaranthus caudatus