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Amaranthus hybridus (Prince's Feather Amaranth) |
Amaranthus hybridus (AMARANTHACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Amaranthus hybridusL.
Published in Sp. Pl. 990 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Amaranthaceae
Juss. (The Amaranth Family)
42 species from the Amaranthaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Prince's Feather Amaranth, Prince's of Wales Feather Amaranth, Hybrid Amaranth | Maltese name(s) : | Denb id-dib bagħal | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Nov | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Several anthropogenic habitats, esp. close to agricultural areas and abandoned fields |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Fields and valleys close to agricultural areas, usually in disturbed places |
Botanical Description: |
Stems 20-100 cm, erect, sparsely to densely pubescent above. Leaves 3-8 cm, rhombic-ovate. Inflorescence elongate-spicate, often compound, with long branches. Bracteoles (2-)3-4 mm, ovate, with a very long mucro, about twice as long as the perianth. Perianth-segments 5, 1.5-2(-2.4) mm, narrowly ovate, usually acute, about as long as the fruit. Stamens 5. Fruit dehiscing transversely. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=32 |
Distributional range: |
Naturalized in C. & S. Europe casual throughout most of Europe. |
Native region outside Europe: |
(C. & W. North America.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Portugal, Poland, Romania, Russia and former USSR |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[Ab(A) nAE(G) nAg nAl Au aAu(A) Az nAz(C F G J L M P S T) nBe(B) nBH Bl(M N) nBr Bu nBy nCa Ca(C G L P T) Cg nCo nCr aCs Ct nCy aDa nEg aEs aFe aGa(C) nGa(F) nGe Gg nGr aHb nHe nHo nHs Hs(A S) nHu Ir nIt nJu aLe nLi aLS aLt nLu nMa nMd Md(M P) Mk Mo No nPo |
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