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	Palmer's Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri)	Login

Although shrubs and trees can have flowers, when this site refers to Flowers we're talking about herbs with non-woody stems, often with noticable leaves, flowers, and fruits

Flower

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5 Petals

Leaves join the stem individually, not opposite other leaves.

Alternate

Annual plants die each year, with a new generation replacing them next year.

Annual

Plants that are not Monocots. They don't have flowers organized in groups of three, and their leaves don't have parallel veins. Dicot examples include maples, oaks, ceanothus, poppies and asters. Excludes ferns.

Dicot

Native plants have been in California for at least hundreds of years.

Native

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	CA Bloom Aug - Nov Green flower Five petals Alternate leaves Disturbed CA native AKA Carelessweed Amaranthus Family (Amaranthaceae)

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