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Sessile Joyweed

Alternanthera nodiflora

Also called Rabbit Meat, Dwarf Copperleaf, Amaranthus Weed, Haicha, Chaff Flower

Sessile Joyweed
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Alternanthera nodiflora (common name common joyweed) is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is endemic to Australia, growing in all mainland states. It is naturalised in Tasmania, over much of Africa, in Japan, and in Myanmar.

Other Alternanthera plants

Narrow Leaf Joyweed · Alternanthera areschougii · Calico Plant · Alternanthera brasiliana var. villosa · Brazilian joyweed · Washerwoman · Alternanthera corymbiformis · Lesser Joyweed · Sea Urchin Joyweed · Sanguinaria · Three-leafed chaff flower · Alternanthera flavicoma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alternanthera nodiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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