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Alternanthera elongata

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

(Willdenow) Schinz

Common Names

• Tabardillo (Spanish)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• River canyon
• thicket
• creek bed

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May (Ecuador) Jan
• Apr (Bolivia) Apr
• May
• Oct (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Pilose trailing or scandent plants with pubescent angular stems. Pilose leaves to 40mm x 18mm. Pink or purple flowers with pubescent mucronate bractlets in heads to 8mm x 9mm diameter, glabrous sepals to 3mm long.

Medicinal

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Mobot
• de Candolle