annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
[ Syn: princes-feather , princess feather , kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate , princes-plume , polygonum orientale ]
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
[ Syn: princes-feather , gentlemans-cane , princes-plume , red amaranth , purple amaranth , amaranthus cruentus , amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus , amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys ]