Scientific Name:	Amaranthus palmeri S.Wats.	Common Name:	Amaranth, Palmer
Scientific Family:		Affiliation:	TCE, TAES, And TTU
Local Names:	Carelessweed, Pigweed	Common Family Name:	Pigweed
Life Cycle:	Annual >> Summer	Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate
Stem Characteristic:	Erect	Stem Type:	Round
Leaf Structure:	Simple	Petiole:	Yes
Leaf Margins:	Entire	Leaf Shape:	Lanceolate To Egg-shaped
Leaf Hairs:	No	Flower Color:	Other
Growth Stage:	Flowering	Environment:	Corn Field, Commercial Vegetables, Cotton Field, CRP, Gardens, Peanut Field, Roadsides, Sorghum Field, Water Ways
Other:	Stems are branched and may be red. Leaves have long petioles, are egg-shaped, and have prominent veins on the underside. The slender central seed head,1/2 to 1 1/2 ft. tall, is much longer than lateral seed heads.