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Amarantus paniculatus, Linn. (A. hybridus var. paniculàtus, Uline & Bray). St. usually pubescent: Lvs. oblong- ovate to ovate-lanceolate, broader than in the last: spikes thinner than in the last, acute or acutish, and in an open, more graceful terminal panicle: bracts sharp-pointed but not long-awned. Trop. Amer.— Common, and sometimes a weed. Var. speciosus (A. speciosus, Sims, B.M. 2227). Stout, large, erect plant (3½-4½ ft.), with sts. and Lvs. reddish or purple- green: panicle dark red-purple; handsome. Var. cruentus, Moq. (A. cruentus, Linn., not Hort.). Lateral fl.-branches spreading - nodding, blood-red. Var. sanguineus, Moq. Lateral branches long, slender, often nodding at the tip: fls. and some or all the Lvs. blood-red. Var. flavescens, Voss. Panicles large and branched, yellowish or greenish.
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==Cultivation==


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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->

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