Photo: Amaranthus caudatus 11.

Photo: Amaranthus caudatus 11.

Bright red seedheads hanging down. Marburg bot.g., Germany. Planted. 2006-10-02.


Amaranthus caudatus L.
Engl.: love lies bleeding, foxtail, Inca-wheat, red-hot-cattail, tassel flower, velvet-flower.
Deu.: Gartenfuchsschwanz, Inkaweizen.
Suom.: punarevonhäntä.
Sven.: rävsvans.
Fran.: amarante caudée, amarante queue-de-renard.
Jap.: sennin-koku.
Bot. syn.: Amaranthus edulis Speg.