Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Amaranthus graecizans - Spreading pigwee, Mat Amaranth

Edible parts - Seeds, Leaves, Vegetable

An annual plant growing up to 50 cm high. The plant is sprawling over the ground. It has a taproot. The branches do not have hairs. The flowering shoots are leafy. The flowers are in small clusters. They are greenish. 

It is a Mediterranean and tropical plant. Tasmania Herbarium. In Ethiopia it grows from 900-2,380 m altitude. It can grow in arid places