Plant ID - Pink and green leaf

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My boyfriend started some seeds but didn't label anything so now I don't know what growing in my window boxes. I'm a little embarrassed because it clearly came from a seed packet but it's also obviously something I haven't grown before because I have no idea what it is. Any ideas?

link to photo (couldn't figure out how to imbed.)
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Renate Howard

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It looks to me like lamb's quarters. It also looks like you used soil from outside - if that's so, the seeds were probably already there when you used it for the seeds.

Jonathan 'yukkuri' Kame

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or maybe an amaranth?

Paulo Bessa

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Location: Portugal (zone 9) and Iceland (zone 5)

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Same family then amaranth and lamb quarters, most likely red orach. Should be even easier to identify when it flowers...

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in Portugal, sheltered terraces facing eastwards, high water table, uphill original forest of pines, oaks and chestnuts. 2000m2
in Iceland: converted flat lawn, compacted poor soil, cold, windy, humid climate, cold, short summer. 50m2

Isaac Hill

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Looks like a lambsquarters to me. Maybe even the magenta variety!

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