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Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) R. Br. (syn: Achyranthes ficoides (L.) Lam.; Alternanthera flavogrisea subsp. diffusa (Mart.) Mears ex Fourn.; Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Hicken; Alternanthera tenella Colla; Bucholzia ficoidea (L.) C. Mart.; Gomphrena ficoidea L.; Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L.; Illecebrum tenellum (Desf.) Hort. ex Moq.; Paronychia ficoidea (L.) Desf.; Paronychia tenella Desf.; Steiremis ficoidea (L.) Raf.; Telanthera ficoidea (L.) Moq.);
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al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh — alternating anther … Dave’s Botanary
fy-KOY-dee-uh — fig-like … Dave’s Botanary ten-ELL-uh — small, delicate, tender … Dave’s Botanary .
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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. from Delhi and Dakpathar: Syn: Alternanthera tenella Colla; Gomphrena ficoideaL.
Common name: Parrotleaf
Procumbent to erect semiwwoody herb; leaves broadly ovate to obovate, green or coloured, flowers in sessile axillary heads; tepals unequal, outer three broad, hairy, 3-ribbed at base, the inner two narrower; pseudostaminodes longer than stamens, lacerate at tip.
Photographed from Delhi and Dakpathar.
[efloraofindia:Id 04022013MR1] Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Alternanthera ficoidea at Pune: Fine pics, even showing minute flowers. A very aggressive weed here in Pantnagar. Thanks for sharing. Very nice clear pictures. Surprisingly there is no mention of the species in BSI Flora of Mah. In most earlier books under the name A. tenella.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BS03 : Alternanthera ficoidea from Panipat Haryana: Yes … Very good photographs.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera sp. Pune SMP5: Superb pictures. ESP the striped pierrot. Yes …, A. ficoidea to me too. Yes …, A. ficoidea. Very good photographs
AMARANTHACEAE-CHENOPODIACEAE week DSR..012: Alternanthers ficoidea: Yes … . Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera ficoidea : Mumbai : 100213 : AK-30:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera ficoidea : Nasik : AK-9: Yes … Very good photographs.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera ficoidea : Muscat : 100213 : AK-19: Looks very similar to my posted plant of A.sessilis….? This was posted on our group earlier and identified by … (Garden Plant for ID 180111 AK-3) That is the reason I posted my reply. Let others recheck it. Alternanthera sessilis in FoC = (leaf) apex acute or obtuse
Alternanthera sessilis in FoP = (leaf) blunt to shortly acuminate at the apex
Alternanthera sessilis in FoNA = (leaf) obtuse to acute
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. in PIER = acute and mucronate at the apex, attenuate at base and narrowed along poorly defined petiole….
The plant in this thread doesn’t have acute leaf-apex but, certainly the apex is mucronate and it resembles the picture at the PIER site. . Alternanthera For ID : MNP,Mumbai : 260513 : AK-3 : Attachments (1). 6 posts by 4 authors.
Alternanthera found growing wild in Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai on 22/4/13. Small plant with tiny white flowers.
Id please. Alternanthera tenella? Alternanthera ficoides (L.) Sm. (=A.tenella Colla) as per the Plant List 2010. I used Alternanthera as ground cover, but never got such lovely plants to grow.
Alternanthera For ID : Nasik : 150114 : AK-8 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.
A wild weed growing in our Nasik garden. Picture taken on 3/12/13. Could this be Alternanthera tenella?
Kindly confirm id. A.ficoides. Thanks for the id.
efloraofindia:”For Id” wild plant with peculiar arrangement of leaves at Pune :21052014: MR-6 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments(2).
May 2014 Requesting Id of this wild plant with peculiar arrangement of leaves which are rough to touch.
not flowered as yet If I have to guess, I will go for Alternanthera ficoides (Amaranthaceae). However, the flowers will appear soon to make ID easier. ?? Ruellia tuberosa L. of Acanthaceae Thank you … and … for a possible Id. hope to see the flowers the plant has flowered. attaching pics of the same. it is looking like Alternanthera ficoides (Amaranthaceae) as you have said. requesting to confirm the Id. Yes it is A.ficoides. After few weeks it will make larger clusters of flowers in axil of leaves.
ANNOV29 Amaranthaceae for identification : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)
Bangalore May be Alternantherea. A picture of the whole plant would help. I forgot to click that one detail sir. I will find the plant and again and get the habit shot soon. Alternanthera ficoides, I hope. I think yes, Alternanthera ficoidea
Location: Dolakha, Nepal
Date : 5 September, 2017
Elevation : 5600 ft
Sir looks Alternanthera species.
Alternanthera ficoidea. Thank you all. Thanks, …, for the id.
Seems to match with images at Alternanthera ficoidea
Does not matches with images at Alternanthera sessilis
It is not listed in Nepal …!
Pl. check for its synonyms.
Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil. is listed in Nepal Checklist, which is a synonym of Alternanthera ficoidea as per GRIN(once known to be very reliable, but now I think have been shut down & link not opening). This is basically an American plant. So GRIN is going to be most reliable.
Thank you all. Need such a deep exploration.
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm.
Syn: Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil.
Flora of Haryana: Alternanthera ficoidea from NDRI Karnal campus:
Alternanthera ficoidea From NDRI Campus Karnal Small annual Herb, wild
Date/Time-Sep 2011
Request for validation
Can it be Alternanthera ficoidea?
Date/Time-Sep 2011
Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb
Height/Length- 6-8 cms
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-green
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- yellow in the centre white around
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen I think your id is right
Alternanthera for ID : 090711 : AK-2:
Found growing wild at Nasik, Maharashtra on 14/4/2008. Again a very tiny plant with White flowers. Is this ‘Khaki Weed’ or ‘Smooth Chaff Flower’ from Flowersofindia? Alternanthera pungens or A paronychioides? Please check Alternanthera paronychioides. It is not A.pungens because A. pungens stem is generally prostrate. It is neither Alternanthera pungens (with broader leaves and shaply pungent perianth tips) nor A. paronychoides which is much softer plant. It could be A. ficoides which shows a lot of variation. I am uploading all three from my collection. Alternanthera ficoides
efloraofindia:”For Id 30062012MR1’’ is this wild plant Alternanthera spp at Pune: Its Alternanthera species of Amaranthaceae….. this is Alternanthera species for sure, but i am equally sure that the plant in last pic 8_img_0770_1 does not posses that oblong structure. Thank you … for your reply. Fortunately the plant still exists where I had seen it. I have checked the plant for the oblong structure and it was no longer seen. You are right it must be a part of some other plant. There is a big tamarind tree around with flowers. As I was there a similar looking structure fell down probably it is a bud of the tamarind tree. Yes of course it is Alternanthera, which some websites would make you believe as A. paronychioides Alternanther paonychoides is, however, a much different plant, with delicate, smooth, creeping stems, and much smaller leaves:
This plant is Alternanthera ficoidea in which yellowish flowers often emerge from chaff like bracts.
http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=293955
The species is one of the most commonly cultivated edging plant and shows a lot of variability in cultivation, with species originally taken as distinct species having been merged.
Are attached photos Alternenthera ficoides and A. sessilis ? Please confirm the ID.
Time of collection : 27/09/2012 (Alternanthera ficoidea) & 03/10/2012 (A.sessilis) Location : Bara Bazar Guwahati-12 (Assam) Yes …
Herb ID request – RK5 – 11-Oct-2012: Should be Alternanthera pungens….Amaranthaceae It looks more of A. ficoidea (= A. tenella) to me. Yes A. ficoidea
Alternanthera ID1 from Hooghly 21/10/12 sk1:
Species : Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil. ?
H & H : wild herb in rural roadside, waste place, rail tracks
Date : 27/10/12, 3.50 p.m.
Place : Hooghly
Some similarities –
Alternanthera ficoidea There are at least two Alternanthera ficoidea in The Plant List –
GRIN has Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. = Alternanthera tenella Colla = Gomphrena ficoidea L. (basionym)
Which one do i take? The Plant List seems to be making mess of things. I am tired of pointing out their mistakes. A. ficoidea (L.) Sm. is not recorded in IPNI, the most authentic source of Plant names. Please also note that in the Plant list there is no synonym which has Linnaeus as the author. If not Gomphrena ficoidea then what is the basionym of A. ficoidea (L.) Sm. My frequent advise to members that if the name exists in GRIN, it is better to follow it.
I agree there is lot of confusion in the net, but A. paronychoides is a soft stemmed plant of wet grounds, often found along banks of drains, streams and river banks. It is totally creeping and rooting herb. I have photographed and collected it both in Delhi and Kashmir.
So, i have now Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv.
Will try to find out Alternanthera paronychioides also.
Wild Flower for ID – 110112 – RK: This looks like a species of Aerva. Yes surely look like Aerva but a species quite new to me. This may beAlternanthera pulchella Kunth please check it at once. I looked up www.flowersofindia.in . & under Alternanthera, i found … image of the same flower identified as A. ficoidea – Sanguinarea – Family Amaranthaceae.Thank you all for helping. Yes, it is Alternanthera ficoidea (= A. tenella). Yes Alternanthera ficoidea This should be Alternanthera ficoidea
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: DV07 :: 25 JUL 10 10:11:08 :: Alternanthera ficoidea in Thane:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week goosefoot AND amaranth Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm.
Also known by its synonym: Alternanthera tenella Colla
al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh — alternating anther … Dave’s Botanary
fy-KOY-dee-uh — fig-like … Dave’s Botanary ten-ELL-uh — small, delicate, tender … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: sanguinarea • Marathi: कुसळ kusal • Telugu: అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము adavi punnaganti aalamu Native to: Caribbean, southern America References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • PIER • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar at Vaghbil, Thane on 25 JUL 10 Very good photographs.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: DV08 :: 28 NOV 09 14:04:38 :: Alternanthera sessilis in Thane: Great pictures … To me this looks like A. ficoidea mainly due to the gregarious habit with more or less erect branches, and stalked leaves. Many thanks … for validating this post.
Was always thinking the contrary – that A. sessilis is of gregarious habit. Also had the thought that the width of leaves of A. ficoidea is larger than the length. Many thanks for straightening my thoughts. Will revise my notes at flickr very soon.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: RVS-3: Alternanthera ficoidea:
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: BRS 8: Alternanthera sessilis: This is Alternanthera ficoidea (= A. tenella), I think. Yes Alternanthera ficoidea
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week : sk-04 : Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv.: I think yes. Nice photographs Very very thank you for confirming all species.
Plz id the herb: pa-01_30june2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
May i request you to help in identifying this herb with small flowers? A number of such plants were seen by me in Prabalmachi region recently. (4.7.18) It is an Alternanthera sp. [Amaranthaceae]. Reminds me of A. ficoidea (L.) Sm.
TSP-SEP2018-01-468 Alternanthera ficoidea visited by a Yellow Potter Wasp : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Presenting few images of Alternanthera ficoideavisited by Yellow Potter Wasp Habit: Herb Habitat: Waste land Sighting: Tumkur, Karnataka Date: 18-09-2018 beware of them. bite is quite irritable contrary to whatever the net pages would get
Kindly identify this prostrate weed with spiny inflorescence, photographed in agricultural fields in Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh in November 2018
Closest to Alternanthera ficoidea (Amaranthaceae). Thank you all. As suspected, it is an alien invasive weed.
TH: photograph for identification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- 2 mb or more.
Please help me to identify. This plant was collect from road side in Rajshahi, Bangladesh I think its Alternanthera sp. Check with Alternanthera sessilis or Alternanthera ficoidea.                  
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Alternanthera paronichioides – efloraofindia | Google Groups Thank you so much !! >Re: [efloraofindia:52001] White sepal & Yellow petal-Samir Takaochi – efloraofindia | Google Groups
ID Please: UV_09102019_2 : 5 posts by 4 authors. 2 images.
Please identify this plant at Nigadi, Pune, Maharashtra Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv.
Please check Alternanthera.
Please stick to the rules in future as suggested by …!
Also furnish information’s like date of picture, elevation and habitat image. Yes sir !
Alternanthera ficoidea :: Prabalmachi, near Panvel :: 30 NOV 19 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images.
Prabalmachi between Matheran and Panvel Date: November 30, 2019 … Altitude: about 390 m (1,280 ft) asl Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. Dear friends,
I believe this is Alternanthera ficoidea; please validate. For me the ID is correct
Alternanthera ficoidea :: Yeoor Hills, part of SGNP :: 29 DEC 19 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
Yeoor Hills … part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park Date: December 29, 2019 … Altitude range: about 100 ft (30 m) to 1575 ft (480 m) asl
Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm.
. Amaranthaceae for ID : Bangalore : 04OCT20 : AK-10 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
Seen growing wild. Alternanthera Species?
Alternanthera sessilis Sorry, …, it’s not sessilis, variety of ficoidea only, Thanks, …, for the id.
I think many cultivars are coming of this as per
Or is it due to some deficiency ? These were seen growing wild near a lake along with normal green colored ones.
In multiple places in that area, not just one.
Alternanthera sessilis ?? 091109 – NSD 93 – efloraofindia | Google Groups 
Garden plant for ID :180111 : AK-3: It is a weed seen in wastelands and abandoned farms in Mumbai also. Alternanthera pungens for me too. Very common in Chennai as a weed. Yes Alternanthera pungens a weed in West Bengal too Any other species of Alternanthera? Yes … Your doubt is genuine. The leaves of A. pungens more or less rounded in outline, and perianth with sharper tips. This could be A. ficoidea. I go for Alternanthera ficoidea
Ornamental Plant for ID : California : 27FEB15 : AK-25 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
A cultivated ornamental seen in Sacramento on 7th Oct,14.
Alternanthera? Cultivar of A. ficoidea Alternanthera ficoidea
Alternanthera for ID : 090711 : AK-1:
Taken at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai, Maharashtra on 29/12/2007. Very tiny leaves, a small plant, cultivated. This is Alternathera ficoidea, now including several species formerly treated separately. Common edging plant. A. paronychioides is much different plant, recently uploaded by me.
identification no020311sn1: . Validation of ID: 2 images.
Date/Time- 28 DEC 2021 Location-Place, Altitude, GPS- Shree Swami Samarth Marg, Thane East. 19°10’34.99″N 72°58’49.06″E Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild growth near swamp of Urban area Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Prostrate weed Height/Length- Spread over 1 sq. m My guess —Alternanthera ficoidea I think yes . Validation of ID: 5 images. I guess correct ! I think yes . SK 3713 02 April 2023: 4 very high res. images. Location: Miraya Greens Resort, Bengaluru, India
Date: 25 March 2023
Altitude: 940m.
Habitat : Wild
Alternanthera bettzickiana (Regel) G. Nicholson ?? Alternanthera ficoidea Yes, as per images at . Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Jul 25, 2010 · 10:11 AM IST: 2 images. . Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv. … FOR VALIDATION
Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Aug 2, 2008 · 2:52 PM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl
Mix of plants in this observation I guess the ID is correct ! . Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Nov 28, 2009 · 2:08 PM IST: 4 images. Earlier uploaded at eFI. To me appears more closer to images at I went through both pages in eFI site … Alternanthera ficoidea and Alternanthera sessilis … I find that the leaves are variable in both pages, both are sessile.
Please let me know of some “visual” characteristic in the posted plant that suggests A. sessilis, so that I can look for it in my observations before upload.
Pl. check the pubscence of the leaves and nature of the flowers and its head closely. OK, thanks, …
Will revise to A. ficoidea.
More of my Alternanthera observations will get uploaded in due course, and maybe I will keep fumbling; I do not seem to get familiar with this genus 🙂 Yes Dinesh ji the two species are very distinct, A sessilis is a plant of wet places, softer stems and leaves latter often gradually narrowed and obtuse and flowers in dense nearly globose to oblong cluster without sharply projecting bracts. A. ficoides on the other hand prefers exposed habitats leaves and stems are stiffer, leaves often prominently narrowed towards base and flowers in few flowered clusters, with distinctly projecting bracts and perianth. Please see my post of A. sessilis
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/RH8J And A. ficoidea
https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/m4J Thanks very much, …, for the clarity and simple keys.
I hope my further uploads will be with proper IDs. . FOR VALIDATION :: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Sep 21, 2008 · JUN23 DV120: 1 image. I guess the ID is correct ! . FOR VALIDATION :: Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Sep 27, 2008 · JUN23 DV107: 2 images. I think more closer to images at . Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC. :: Suruchi beach, Vasai :: Feb 23, 2023 · JUN23 DV453: 8 images. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Suruchi beach, Vasai :: Feb 23, 2023 · 11:27 AM IST :: about 12 m (39 ft) asl
Many thanks to Bharat Godambe for validating the ID at iNaturalist I think more close to images at Thanks very much, …, for the ID.
I have lost the hang of sessilis and ficoidea !!
Will have to observe them more and get familiar with them. I go with … ID. Plenty here. . Identify the Alternantera sps..!: 1 high res. image. Alternanthera ficoidea variety ??? Yes, appears close as per images at
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