什么是A菜

mar菜是一年生开花植物的一种。 It goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, velvet flower, foxtail amaranth, and quilete.它有很多常见的名字，例如爱谎言流血，吊坠a菜花，流苏花，天鹅绒花，狐尾a菜花和。 Many parts of the plants, including the leaves and seeds, are edible, and are frequently used as a source of food in India and South America — where it is the most important Andean species of Amaranthus, known as Kiwicha (see also Andean ancient plants).植物的许多部分，包括叶子和种子，都是可食用的，在印度和南美洲经常被用作食物来源，那里是A菜最重要的安第斯物种，被称为奇威奇（Kiwicha）（另见安第斯古代植物） ）。 This species, as with many other of the Amaranths, are originally from the American tropics.与其他许多mar菜一样，该物种最初来自美国热带地区。 The exact origin is unknown, as A. caudatus is believed to be a wild Amaranthus hybridus aggregate.确切的起源是未知的，因为人们认为A. caudatus是野生的mar菜杂交种。
The red color of the inflorescences is due to a high content of betacyanins, like in the related species known as "Hopi Red Dye" amaranth.花序的红色是由于β-花青素的含量高所致，就像在相关物种“ Hopi Red Dye” mar菜中一样。 Ornamental garden varieties sold under the latter name are either Amaranthus cruentus or a hybrid between A. cruentus and Amaranthus powelli.以后一种名称出售的观赏花园品种是are菜或or菜和po菜的杂种。 In indigenous agriculture, Amaranthus cruentus is the Central American counterpart to South American Amaranthus caudatus.在本地农业中，Amaranthus cruentus是南美南美mar菜的中美洲对应品种。
A. caudatus can grow anywhere from 3 to 8 feet in height, and grows best in full sun.马尾草可以生长在XNUMX到XNUMX英尺高的任何地方，在阳光充足的地方生长最好。 It can handle a variety of conditions, both humid and arid.它可以应对多种条件，包括潮湿和干旱。 It is easily grown from seed;它很容易从种子中生长出来。 plants can be started indoors in early spring and transplanted outdoors after the last frost.可以在早春在室内开始种植植物，并在最后霜冻之后将其移植到室外。