Amarantus gangeticus

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Read about Amarantus gangeticus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Amarantus gangeticus, Linn. Usually a lower plant, 3 ft. or less and often only 1 ft., with thin, ovate-pointed Lvs., and fls. in short, glomerate, interrupted spikes, both terminal and axillary. Tropics.—Very variable. Cult, by Amer. Chinese (Fig. 185) as a pot-herb under the name of hon-toi-moi, with green Lvs. (Bailey, Bull. 67, Cornell Exp. Sta.). Various dwarf and 'compact bedding forms are common. Used more for foliage than for fl.-panicles. Var. melancholicus, Voss (A. melancholicus, Linn.). Lvs. variously colored, sometimes mostly in two colors (A. bicolor, Hort.), and also in three colors (?. tricolor, Hort.): Lvs. long-petioled, broadly to narrowly lanceolate. Here belong the Joseph's Coat group of the bedding amaranths. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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