Amaranth is also called Qing Xiang Amaranth, Red Amaranth, Han (Khan) Amaranth, Red Amaranth, Wild Amaranth, Rice Amaranth, People's Arid Vegetable, Apricot Vegetable, Amaranth, Yingying Vegetable, Corn Vegetable, Millet Vegetable, Yun ceramium and so on. It is an extremely easy growing plant, which is generally wild and cultivated artificially as a vegetable.
In the northeast, it is also called the West Sticky Valley.