Latin name: Amaranthus blitoides S. Watson
  Pronunciation: am-ar-AN-thus bli-TOE-i-dees

  Common name: Prostrate amaranth
  Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth)
  Habitat: Waste places to 6500' throughout California
  Floristic Province
  Blooming period: May to November
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Amaranthus
  2) blitoides
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