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|accepted_name=Amaranthus viscidulus
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pittonia
|place=3: 344. 1898
|year=1898
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Amaranthus;Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus;Amaranthus viscidulus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Amaranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Amaranthus viscidulus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 415, 423
|treatment_page=page 422
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>densely viscid-pubescent (especially distal parts), becoming glabrescent proximally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem coloration;stem coloration;stem architecture;stem architecture;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, often whitish or tinged with red, usually branched distally, sometimes proximally, to nearly simple, 0.2–1 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole length or size;blade variability"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole usually longer than or ± equaling blade;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;blade texture;base shape;margin architecture or shape;apex shape">blade rhombic-ovate, ovate, obovate, or elliptic, 1–4.5 × 0.5–2.5 cm, usually somewhat fleshy, base cuneate, margins entire, apex obtuse to slightly emarginate, with terminal mucro.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture;spike fragility or size;spike position;spike arrangement;spike orientation;spike coloration;spike coloration;spike architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, usually unbranched, stout spikes and axillary clusters, erect, usually greenish or reddish, leafless at least distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract shape;bract some measurement;bract length or size;apex architecture"><b>Bracts </b>lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 5–10 mm, longer than tepals, apex spinescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;tepal quantity;tepal shape;tepal shape;tepal size;tepal size;tepal some measurement;apex shape"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: tepals 5, elongate, not clawed, unequal or subequal, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex obtuse to subacute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;style-branch length;style-branch height or length or size">style-branches elongated, shorter than body of fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma quantity">stigmas 3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;flower quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers few at tips of inflorescences;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="tepal quantity">tepals 5;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 3–5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="utricle shape;utricle some measurement;utricle variability;utricle size;utricle height or length or size;utricle relief;utricle relief;utricle dehiscence"><b>Utricles </b>subglobose to broadly obovoid, 1.3–2.5 mm, equal or subequal to tepals, shorter than style-branches, smooth or slightly rugose, dehiscence regularly circumscissile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed diameter;seed architecture or pubescence or relief;seed reflectance"><b>Seeds </b>black, lenticular to subglobose-lenticular, 1–1.2 mm diam., smooth, shiny.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Open dry slopes, other naturally disturbed habitats
|elevation=1500-2500 m
|distribution=N.Mex.
|discussion=<p>Amaranthus viscidulus is known only from scattered localities in central and southern New Mexico; it probably also occurs in adjacent territories of Mexico. The name A. bracteosus Uline & W. L. Bray has been misapplied to this species by some authors.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Amaranthus viscidulus
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Open dry slopes, other naturally disturbed habitats
|elevation=1500-2500 m
|distribution=N.Mex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pittonia
|publication year=1898
|special status=
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|genus=Amaranthus
|subgenus=Amaranthus subg. Amaranthus
|species=Amaranthus viscidulus
|apex architecture=spinescent
|apex shape=obtuse;subacute
|base shape=cuneate
|blade length=1cm;4.5cm
|blade shape=elliptic;obovate;elliptic;obovate;ovate;rhombic-ovate
|blade texture=fleshy
|blade variability=equaling
|blade width=0.5cm;2.5cm
|bract length or size=longer
|bract shape=lanceolate;linear-lanceolate
|bract some measurement=5mm;10mm
|flower architecture=staminate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate
|flower quantity=few
|inflorescence architecture=unbranched
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|petiole length or size=usually longer
|seed architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|seed coloration=black
|seed diameter=1mm;1.2mm
|seed reflectance=shiny
|seed shape=lenticular;subglobose-lenticular
|spike architecture=leafless
|spike arrangement=cluster
|spike coloration=reddish;greenish
|spike fragility or size=stout
|spike orientation=erect
|spike position=axillary
|stamen quantity=3;5
|stem architecture=simple;branched
|stem coloration=tinged with red;whitish
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stem some measurement=0.2m;1m
|stigma quantity=3
|style-branch height or length or size=shorter
|style-branch length=elongated
|tepal quantity=5;5
|tepal shape=not clawed;elongate
|tepal size=subequal;unequal
|tepal some measurement=1.5mm;2.5mm
|utricle dehiscence=circumscissile
|utricle height or length or size=shorter
|utricle relief=rugose;smooth
|utricle shape=subglobose;broadly obovoid
|utricle size=subequal
|utricle some measurement=1.3mm;2.5mm
|utricle variability=equal
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrescent;viscid-pubescent
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