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sessile joyweed
Alternanthera sessilis
Alternanthera sessilis
sessile joyweed Atriplex/Chenopodium
Alternanthera sessilis Amaranthaceae
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common name
  sessile joyweed
accepted scientific name
  Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.
rules for finding collection records
  Alternanthera sessilis (22)
family name
  • Amaranthaceae
Image Author: ©2009 Forest And Kim Starr
Image License: CC BY
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Category: Wildflowers, Aquatic Plants
Flowers: No obvious petals, Five petals
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Opposite
Plant Observed 2nd week of February thru 3rd week of October
Not native. Naturalized in Hawaii.

Plant Showiness (27%)
where plant found
mag select

Riparian
Disturbed
Aquatic
Grassland
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Meadow
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Alternanthera sessilis   (L.) R. Br. ex DC.   (TSN: 20773, Index: 917)


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