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§1 Plant
Axyris amaranthoides L.
vernacular Russian pigweed — species · Chenopodiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Axyris
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
County-level range
· 41 counties across 9 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 41 counties across 9 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 24 I ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Grand Forks 38035
- Griggs 38039
- McHenry 38049
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Rolette 38079
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/AXAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6447806 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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