Summary
Place of publication:
Med. Repos. ser. 2, 5:360. 1808
Verified:
11/03/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Conservation Status
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
Reference(s)
- Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. Herbaceous plants of Maryland. 1984
- Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
- Fish and Wildlife service. 1993. Final listing rules for 39 species: Plants. Endang. Spec. Techn. Bull. 18(2):13.
- FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
- McAvoy, W. A. 2002. Amaranthus pumilis Raf. (seabeach amaranth, Amaranthaceae) rediscovered in Sussex County, Delaware. Bartonia 61:147-148.
- Radford, A. E. et al. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
Common names
English
coast amaranth – seabeach amaranthus – seabeach pigweed –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Center for Plant Conservation listed | | | Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=315346.
Accessed 16 December 2025.