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Alternanthera porrigens

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

(Jacquin) Kuntze

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Chile
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• riverside
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr (Bolivia) Jan
• Sep
• Dec (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

Scandent or erect plant to 3m+, pilose branches & leaves. Leaves to 40mm long. White, pink or purple terminal & axillary panicles with bracts & bractlets, glabrous pubescent & mucronate, glabrous or pilose sepals to 5mm long. Glabrous capsule.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• PRHCS