Amaranth: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Amaranthus

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Tall amaranth plant with dense, spiky purple flower clusters and broad leaves, growing in a lush green botanical garden in Yalta, Crimea.

Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)

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rough pigweed love-lies-bleeding prince’s feather Joseph’s-coat prostrate pigweed spiny pigweed Palmer’s amaranth red amaranth Milpa Vegetable samphire quinoa mustard celery chia Spinach minari Asparagus stinging nettle bamboo

Red and yellow cherry tomatoes, some forming a question mark, against a light blue background. (organic, fruits, vegetables)

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous