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Amaranthaceae
Livid amaranth
Amaranthus blitum
Also known as Livid pigweed, Pigweed, Purple amaranth, Euxolus blitum
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Amaranth · Edible Leaves · Pot Herb · Annual · Leafy Green · Vegetable Garden · Easy Care · Fast Growing · Drought Tolerant · Foraging
Livid amaranth is a vigorous, leafy annual often grown as a nutritious pot herb or leafy green in vegetable gardens around the world. It is undemanding, tolerating a wide range of soils and light conditions, and grows quickly with minimal care. Young leaves can be harvested and cooked like spinach, making it both an ornamental and a productive food plant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; the plant tolerates dry spells once established but benefits from regular moisture during establishment · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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