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christie schroeter wrote:

>Thanks for all the reponses to my question about whether amaranth is an
>ok grain to eat for celiacs.
>
>This is an ancient grain

Amaranth is not a grain. It is not even a member of the grass family. It is
a dicot and not a monocot. If you go to this database you will find
numerous types of Amaranth listed, but no pictures.

http://plants.usda.gov/plants/

Since amaranth is often considered a weed I checked a weed database. This
one has good pictures:

http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/amare.htm

I can readily find amaranth in the park up the street. Here's a picture I
took there on May 27th of last year:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u8126&ae26813&p!826032&Sequence=0&res=high

And this one, with seeds, was taken last Sept 2nd:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u8126&a...29235&p'613229&Sequence=0&
res=high

Don.