Purple Amaranth
Amaranthus blitum
Introduced
Where it grows in Florida
- North
- Alachua, Duval, Flagler, Marion, St. Johns
- Central
- Brevard, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Volusia
- South
- Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
17 of 67 counties, from research-grade iNaturalist observations. They show where people have photographed it, not every place it grows — absence here isn't proof it's absent.
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