Family: Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera nodiflora
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 417 (1810).
Synonymy: Alternanthera triandra Common name: Common joyweed.
Description:
Annual herbs; stems erect or ascending; branches almost glabrous or the nodes tomentose and 2 lines of hairs along the branches; leaves almost glabrous, linear to linear-lanceolate, entire, acuminate, 2-8 cm long.
Spikes globular, 1-2 cm or more diam., often clustered, rhachis hirsute; bracts and bracteoles narrow, acute, 1-2 mm long; perianth-segments lanceolate, acuminate, 4-5 mm long, glabrous, off-white; stamens c. 0.5 mm long, staminodes 0; ovary 1-1.5 mm long, broadly notched, style very short.
Fruit not half as long as the perianth.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 283.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, MU. All States.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: throughout the year but apparently rarely Nov. — 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:
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Author:
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