Short to tall erect rather greyish plant, hairy above. Leaves oval stalked. Flowers in a short dense spike.

There are many other alien species of Amaranthus.  Identification is extremely difficult. 

Refer to key in Stace (4th edn.)

Only possible to identify from a specimen collected late in the year. 

The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification

Waste and cultivated land.

July to October.

Annual.

A scarce plant with most British records coming from England and Wales.

Scarce in Leicestershire & Rutland - this is only the 7th record. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in only 2 of the 617 tetrads.