What is Amaranth?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Amaranthus'' | image = Amaranthus tricolor0.jpg | image_caption = ''Amaranthus tricolor'' | image_width = 300px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = [[Amaranthaceae]] | genus = '''''Amaranthus''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]}} '''Amaranth''' (''Amaranthus'' species) is a cosmopolitan [[genus]] of herbs. About 60 species are recognized, with flower clusters and foliage ranging from [[purple]] and [[red]] to [[gold]]. Although several species are often considered [[weed]]s, people around the world value amaranths as [[Vegetable|leaf vegetables]], [[cereal]]s, and [[ornamental]]s. {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Amaranthaceae]] [[Category:Grains]]