Alternanthera angustifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Alternanthera
Species:
A. angustifolia
Binomial name
Alternanthera angustifolia

Alternanthera angustifolia (narrow-leaf joyweed)[1] is a small herb in family Amaranthaceae[2] found widely in inland Australia from northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales to Queensland.[1]

It is a prostrate (or decumbent) annual herb, growing from 2 cm to 30 cm high, on sandy soils on creek and river banks. Its small[3] white flowers may be seen from April to August.[2]

Alternanthera angustifolia was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Alternanthera angustifolia (Narrow-Leaf Joyweed)". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Alternanthera angustifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 91. Wikidata Q106088428.
  4. ↑ Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 417, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.3678, Wikidata Q7247677


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