Index / Search / Amaranthus crispus
§1 Plant
Amaranthus crispus (Lesp. & Thev.) N. Terracc.
vernacular crispleaf amaranth — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Amaranthus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 5 counties across 1 state§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 5 counties across 1 state.
New York view state ↗ 5 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMCR2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384341 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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