Index / Search / Amaranthus palmeri
§1 Plant
Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson
vernacular carelessweed — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Amaranthus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 327 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 327 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
California view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kiowa 20097
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 104 N ▾
- Archer 48009
- Atascosa 48013
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Baylor 48023
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Bosque 48035
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Brooks 48047
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Coke 48081
- Coleman 48083
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Denton 48121
- Dimmit 48127
- Donley 48129
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Fisher 48151
- Floyd 48153
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hockley 48219
- Hood 48221
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kaufman 48257
- Kerr 48265
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Lamb 48279
- Lavaca 48285
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Loving 48301
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- Mason 48319
- Maverick 48323
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Milam 48331
- Mills 48333
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Morris 48343
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Refugio 48391
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AMPA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5384393 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T20:46:58Z