Common name: Khaki Weed
Alternanthera pungens Kunth APNI* Synonyms: Alternanthera repens APNI*
Description: Prostrate ephemeral or perennial with stems softly hairy, to 60 cm long, rooting at the nodes.
Leaves obovate to circular, 0.5–5 cm long, to 10 mm wide, glabrous except for scattered hairs on lower midrib and base of lamina, mucronate; petiolate.
Inflorescence ellipsoid, to 15 mm long and 10 mm wide; rachis glabrous or slightly hairy. Bracts lanceolate, pungent. Stamens 4 or 5, staminodes 1 or 0.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread. Native of South America.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & L. Lapinpuro Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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