Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific synonyms: Amaranthus retroflexus L. var. salicifolius I.M. Johnston, Amarantus reflexus L.

Common names:

Abraham's-cabbage [Abraham's cabbage] (1891, NH) (79)

Beetroot [Beet-root] (1900-1929) (157, 158)

Calite de agua (1894, Spanish, NM) (150)

Carelessweed [Careless weed] (1937, TX) (122)

Common pigweed (1894-1929) (93, 150, 157, 158)

Curls (1898, Sulphur Grove OH) (77)

Green amaranth (1913-1939) (5, 93, 107, 148, 156)

Hairy amaranth (1768) (165)

Lighthouses [Light-houses] (1898, Southold Long Island, from speed with which they tower above crops in the field) (77)

Pigweed [Pig-weed] (1893-1939) (21, 80, 85, 107, 125, 148)

Redroot [Red root, Red-root] (1898-1937, misapplied) (5, 77, 80, 93, 97, 125, 148, 156, 158)

Redroot amaranth (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Rough amaranth (1840-1894) (19, 150)

Rough pigweed (1899-1986) (3, 4, 62, 72, 93, 131, 156, 157, 158)

Wild beet (1898, Oxford Co. ME, said to taste like beets when cooked for greens) (77)