Amaranth family. Amaranthaceae.
"Throughout Texas." (Coulter). Waste lands and fields; honey yield of no importance; some pollen. July, September.*
THORNY AMARANTH. Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranth family. Amaranthaceae.
"From Tom Green County to Laredo." (Coulter). Annual weedy herbs. In waste places and cultivated soils presumably pollen only; not important. August.*
MADEIRA VINE. Anredera scandens (L). Moq.
Goosefoot family. Chenopodiaceae.
"From the upper Pecos to the lower Rio Grande, (Ringgold)." (Coulter). Hunter. Texas; cultivated for shade on verandas; honey yield fair, bees work on it industriously, but the plants are scarce. May, September.*
JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L) Karst.
Buckwheat family. Polygonaceae.