judy genova wrote:

>But back to amaranth.  We have a noxious weed in our area called pigweed or
>red root.

The name pigweed is used for both amaranth and lamb's quarters. But the
plants are different, though related. I do have pictures of both somewhere
in my foraging picture collection.

>It would produce a bushy red
>seed head at maturity.  I assume that is where all the tiny amaranth seeds
>were located.  I imagine if one were to collect those heads, and shake them,
>voila, amaranth seeds!!!

They are ripe in the fall when the seeds fall out with a minimum of rubbing.

Don.