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creeping chaffweed
Alternanthera pungens
Alternanthera pungens
creeping chaffweed Atriplex/Chenopodium
Alternanthera pungens Amaranthaceae
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common names
  creeping chaffweed
  khakiweed
accepted scientific name
  •Alternanthera pungens Kunth
rules for finding collection records
  Alternanthera pungens (303)
  Alternanthera achyrantha (1)
  Alternanthera repens (74)
family name
  • Amaranthaceae
Image Author: ©2007 Zoya Akulova
Image License: CC BY-NC
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed 2nd week of April thru 2nd week of December

Plant Showiness (27%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Grassland
Forest
Desert
Sand
Riparian
Native Plant Status
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native Not Native
native Not Present