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Alternanthera flavescens

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Naranjero (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Dense subtropical forest
• disturbed forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

Prostrate or scandent herb with glabrate stems to 4m, green with red lines. Mucronate sparsely strigose or glabrous leaves to 125mm x 51mm. Axillary or terminal inflorescences to 44mm x 15mm, yellowish-white flower heads to 40mm x 10mm with bracts to 2.3mm, lax flowers with green tepals to 5mm x 2.5mm, 5-parted yellow calyx, sepals to 5mm long. Yellowish-green fruit to 2.5mm in persistent tepals.

Further References

• CPLC
• NGSP
• Jstor
• The Plant List 2
• Mobot
• Flora de Colombia