Amaranthus blitoides - Mat amaranth

Mat amaranth (Amaranthus blitoides) is a low, mat-forming annual herb native to North America, now naturalized across Europe and elsewhere. It grows about 0.2 m tall and 0.3 m wide,¹ and its seeds and leaves are edible, the seeds toasted, boiled, or ground into flour, the leaves used as a Spinach substitute once boiled.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Herb
• Annual

Functions

• Ground cover¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.2
Diameter (m)	0.3

Footnotes

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