Family: Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera denticulata
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 417 (1810).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Lesser joyweed.
Description:
Annual herbs; stems prostrate or erect; branches almost glabrous or with tomentose nodes and 2 decurrent lines of hairs; leaves glabrous or sparsely hairy on the margins and midrib, linear to linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, entire or slightly denticulate, 2-5 cm long.
Spikes globular or oblong, usually 0.5-1 cm diam., clustered, rhachis glabrous or hairy; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate to ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, c. 1-2 mm long; perianth-segment, s lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, 2-3 mm long, glabrous, translucent at the base at first; stamens c. 0.5 mm long, staminodes 0; ovary c. 1.5 mm long, broadly notched, stigma more or less sessile.
Fruit more than half as long as the perianth.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 281 .
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SL, SE. All States.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: mainly Dec. — April.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
A. Kanis (1972), Contr. Herb. Aust. 1:7, commented on a possibility that this is synonymous with A. nodiflora.
Author:
Not yet available
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