Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Amaranthus hybridus L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Amaranthus chlorostachys Willd., Amaranthus incurvatus Tim. ex Gren. & Godr., Amaranthus patulus Bertol., Amarantus chlorostachys

Common names:

Amaranth (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Balderherb [Balder-herb] (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Careless (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Clustered amaranth (1768) (165)

Cock's-comb (1923) (156)

Floramor [Floramour] (1768-1923?, cultivated variety, obsolete old English) (5, 156, 158, 165)

Flower-gentle [Flower gentle] (1900-1923?, cultivated variety, obsolete old English name) (5, 156, 158)

Flower-velure (1768, obsolete, Old English name, possibly this species) (165)

Green amaranth (1900-1929) (156, 157, 158)

Green pigweed (1986) (4)

Lovely-bleeding (1900, cultivated variety) (158)

Pigweed (1897-1929) (145, 157, 158)

Pilewort (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Prince's-feather [Prince's feather] (1900-1923, cultivated variety) (5, 156, 158)

Red amaranth (1900-1936) (5, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Red cockscomb [Red coxcomb] (1900-1913, cultivated variety) (5, 158)

Redroot [Red-root] (1912, IN) (62)

Rough amaranth (1894, NM) (150)

Slender pigweed (1893-1986) (3, 4, 5, 21, 62, 72, 93, 131, 157, 158)

Slim amaranth (1923-Present) (50, 155, 156)

Spleen amaranth (1913-1937) (5, 93, 97, 122, 156)

Tree amaranth (1768) (165)

Velvet-flower (1768, obsolete Old English name, possibly this species) (165)