Smooth pigweed
Common Name:
pigweed, smooth
Scientific Name:
Amaranthus hybridus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Lifecycle:
Annual
Features
Multibranching upright annual dicot weed. Flowers terminal along stems, densely clustered. Stem ribbed, green to purple depending on environmental conditions. Leaves simple, long petiole, oblanceolate.
Description
Common weed of production agriculture throughout the southeast. Easily mistaken for redroot morningglory.