Prostrate Pigweed

Prostrate Pigweed

Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats.

Amaranthaceae (Pigweed Family)

▲ seedling

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ mature plant (Kansas)

▲ white leaf margin on mature plant leaves

▲ mature plant (North Dakota)

▲ ▼ stem, leaves of mature plants

Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats.; Prostrate Pigweed: (Bayer Code: AMABL; US Code AMBL)

Warm-season annual weed with low-growing, spreading growth habit
Grows 3-30" tall, but with much spreading, mat forming branching
Leaves dark green, oval shaped, often with whitish-appearing edge
Inflorescence small and in leaf axils
Found in cultivated fields, disturbed soils, non-cropland--more common in western Midwest

(Updated January 15, 2019)