trefle.io · Taken Aug 29, 2019 by Roberto Masselli (cc-by-sa)
Amaranthaceae
Redroot
Amaranthus retroflexus
Also known as Wild snowball, Mountain sweet, New Jersey tea, Amaranthus curvifolius
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Edible · Amaranth · Annual · Wildflower · Medicinal · Self-Seeding · Weed · Drought-Tolerant · Nutritious · Disturbed-Soil
Redroot amaranth is a vigorous, fast-growing annual that thrives in disturbed, sunny sites with average to poor soil, requiring very little care once established. Its leaves and seeds are edible and nutritious, historically used as a food source and in herbal medicine across many cultures. Manage its prolific self-seeding to prevent it from becoming weedy in cultivated beds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates dry conditions once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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