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Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

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Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(Mart.) Griseb.
Mart.
Griseb.
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Alternanthera philoxeroides

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philoxeroides

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Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

Perennial herb; stems creeping or floating, ascending towards apex, rooting at the lower nodes, branched, hollow, with a longitudinal hairy groove on 2 opposite sides. Lvs subsessile or with petiole to 5 mm long, with a ring of white hairs between the 2 opposite lf bases. Lamina 3-13 × 1-3.5 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, glabrous or slightly hairy near the attenuate base; apex obtuse or acute. Infls in upper axils, mostly 1-2 cm diam., capitate, white; peduncles to 9 cm long with 2 opposite longitudinal hairy grooves, occasionally heads shortly pedunculate and terminal. Bracts 2.5-3.5 mm long, ovate-acuminate; bracteoles similar to bracts, somewhat smaller, persistent. Tepals 5-7 mm long, oblong to ovate, acute or obtuse. Fertile stamens 5; staminodes = stamens. Style short, thick; stigma capitate. Fr. not seen.

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Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.

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Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
China
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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a6ef442c-b033-44d4-856c-1e0ee4882a26
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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