Calicoplant
Alternanthera bettzickiana
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam & more
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Calicoplant
Identify Calicoplant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Ornamental colorful bedding plant (calico plant).
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/lance-shaped.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam, Goa and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Calicoplant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alternanthera bettzickiana
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Tropical America
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Calicoplant itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“The corolla and calyx are white tepals, the outermost being longer (3 or 4 mm) and hairy than the internal ones.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Calicoplant itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുപൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി
About Calicoplant
Calicoplant (Alternanthera bettzickiana) is a herb in the Amaranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Assam and 4 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Calicoplant belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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