Prostrate Pigweed

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Prostrate Pigweed leaves are shiney, bright green, and obovate. Purslane has similar leaves, but they are succulent

Prostrate Pigweed is more competitive in thin turf or at turf margins

• Scientific Name: Amarantus blitoides S.Watson

• Common Names: Prostrate Pigweed(united States), Creeping Amaranth, Mat amaranth, Nerfamarant, Prostrate amaranth

• Climatic Zone: Temperate, Subtropical, Tropical

• Geographic Distribution: North America, Africa, Europe, East Asia, South America

• Life Cycle: Annual

• Photosynthetic Apparatus: C4

• Major Identifying Characteristic: Shiney bright green leaves are similar to purslane but not succulent.