Meaning : Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers. Southeastern Asia and Australia. Naturalized in North America.
Synonyms : kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, polygonum orientale, prince's-plume, princess feather
Meaning : Tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple. Seeds often used as cereal.
Synonyms : amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth
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