Common Names
Smooth pipweed, amaranth, careless, green amaranth, green opened amaranth, hybrid amaranthus, love…lies bleeding, pigweed, prince’s feather, red cockscomb, slender pigweed, slim amaranth, spleen amaranth, wild beet.

Description
An annual 1 to 6 feet in height, erect, branched above. Leaves are alternate, petioled, 3 to 6 inches long, dull green, rough, hairy, ovate or rhombic, with wavy margins. Flowers are small, with greenish or red terminal panicles. Taproot is long, fleshy, red or pink.

Flowering Period
June to October.

Habitat
Waste places, cultivated fields, and barn yards.

Harvest
Leaves and herb.

Uses
Because of its astringent quality, this plant has been used in treating dysentery, ulcers, hemorrhage of the bowel.