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Alternanthera villosa

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Mosquilla (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Roadside
• shrubland
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Ecuador) May
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Scandent hirsute herb or subshrub with twining stems. Leaves to 65mm long, silky above & villose beneath. Terminal & axillary inflorescence 15mm across with pilose dentate bracts. 5-parted white calyx, pilose sepals to 7mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• NGSP
• Mobot