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The flower stalks emerge midsummer and lengthen until the first frost. Ad Compare Prices. In Mexico amaranth grain is puffed drizzled with sugar and eaten as a sweet treat called alegra.
It is commonly called love-lies-bleeding or tassel flower because of the ropelike deep magenta flower stalks it produces.
01052021 Red amaranth Latin name. Cruentus are edible spinach substitutes if picked young and tender. If planting outdoors sow Amaranth seeds after the soil has begun to warm in the spring. Amaranthus cruentus is an annual flowering plant native to Central and South America.