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Amarantus hypochondriacus, Linn. Prince's Feather. Tall and glabrous: Lvs. 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. Lvs. usually purple or purple-green. Trop. Amer. Cult. 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. sanguíneus, Hort. (A. cruéntus, Hort., not Willd.). Entire plant blood red. Var. virescens, Hort. Lvs. green above, purplish beneath. Var. viridis, Hort. Plant green, except the floral parts. Var. racemosus, Moq. Lateral fl.-branches elongated, light-colored. There are other garden forms.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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==References==
<references/>
*[[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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|genus=Amarantus
|species=hypochondriacus
|Temp Metric=°F
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
|image=Upload.png
|image_width=240
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Describe the plant here...
{{Inc|
Amarantus hypochondriacus, Linn. Prince's Feather. Tall and glabrous: Lvs. 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. Lvs. usually purple or purple-green. Trop. Amer. Cult. 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. sanguíneus, Hort. (A. cruéntus, Hort., not Willd.). Entire plant blood red. Var. virescens, Hort. Lvs. green above, purplish beneath. Var. viridis, Hort. Plant green, except the floral parts. Var. racemosus, Moq. Lateral fl.-branches elongated, light-colored. There are other garden forms.
}}
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
*[[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 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
__NOTOC__
