Amarantus hypochondriacus

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Read about Amarantus hypochondriacus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Amarantus hypochondriacus, Linn. Prince's Feather. Tall and glabrous: Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute: spikes blunt, aggregated into a thick, lumpy terminal panicle, of which the central part is elongated: bracts long awned.—-An old garden plant, with the heavy heads variously colored, but mostly purple. Leaves usually purple or purple-green. Tropical America. Cultivated in many forms and sometimes a weed in old grounds. Considered by some to be a form of A. hybridus, Linn. (A. hybridus var. hypochondriacus, Rob.). Var. sanguineus, Hort. (A. cruentus, Hort., not Willd.). Entire plant blood red. Var. virescens, Hort. Leaves green above, purplish beneath. Var. viridis, Hort. Plant green, except the floral parts. Var. racemosus, Moq. Lateral flower-branches elongated, light-colored. There are other garden forms. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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