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§1 Plant

Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.

vernacular spleen amaranth — species · Amaranthaceae

USDA
AMDU
GBIF
8279930
Rank
species
spleen amaranth (Amaranthus dubius)
Platephotograph · Mike RossCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Amaranthaceae Martinov
Genus
Amaranthus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 2 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 2 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 2 counties across 1 state.

Florida view state ↗ 2 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/AMDU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8279930 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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