Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Alternanthera denticulata var. denticulata
Lesser joyweed
Amaranthaceae
Variety of habitats, more common in damp or swampy areas, often among boulders. Widespread.
Annual herb, prostrate or to 0.5 m tall. Stems more or less hairless, with 2 longitudinal lines of hairs. Leaves opposite each other, 2-7 cm long, 1.5-8 mm wide, hairless or sparsely hairy, margins entire to finely toothed. Flowers whitish or pinkish, with 5 'petals' 2-3.5 mm long, in chaffy globular to oblong heads 4-8 mm wide, the heads sometimes clustered. Flowers all year, mainly Spring to Summer.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Alternanthera~denticulata (accessed 22 April 2021)
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