Patagonia Wildflowers
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creeping chaffweed
Alternanthera pungens
Alternanthera pungens
creeping chaffweed Atriplex/Chenopodium
Alternanthera pungens Amaranthaceae
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English common name
  •creeping chaffweed
Spanish common names
  •hierba del pollo
  •yerba del pajarito
Portuguese common names
  •periquito-de-espinho
  •carrapichinho
accepted scientific name
  •Alternanthera pungens Kunth
rules for finding collection records
  Alternanthera pungens (211)
family name
  • Amaranthaceae
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Opposite, Simple
Plant Observed 2nd week of September thru end of June

How Likely at this Location (22%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
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Wetland
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Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
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Forest
Epiphyte
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