Index / Search / Amaranthus australis
§1 Plant
Amaranthus australis (A. Gray) Sauer
vernacular southern amaranth — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Amaranthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
County-level range
· 62 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 62 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Sumter 12119
- Volusia 12127
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Franklin 22041
- Jefferson 22051
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Plaquemines 22075
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMAU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384328 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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