About Khaki Weed
Alternanthera pungens is a creeping, prostrate perennial pioneer plant of the family Amaranthaceae, spreading by seed and vegetatively, with roots often developing at the nodes of spreading stems. A plant of roadsides, path verges and waste places (ruderal), it is thought to have come from Central and South America, and to have become widely established in Australia and Southern Africa. Other species of this genus, e.g. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC., have long been recorded from Tropical Africa, and would be difficult to prove as invaders. The species forms dense mats of stems and leaves during the rainy season.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Alternanthera pungens
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Family
- AMARANTHACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- America, a wide-spread weed in Tropics and subtropics
- Distribution
- Tropics & sub-tropics of the World
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Khaki Weed belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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