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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 (101)
family name
  Amaranthaceae
Image Author: ©2006 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals, Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.25 inches
Leaf: Opposite, Whorled, Simple
Plant Observed All Year
Introduced. Native to the Neotropics.

How Likely at this Location (22%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
where plant found
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