Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Alternanthera nana
Hairy joyweed
Amaranthaceae
Unknown. Western Slopes. Tablelands north from Bungendore. Sydney area north from Campbelltown. One sighting at Tharwa, ACT.
Ephemeral herb, prostrate or to 0.15 m tall. Stems hairy to sparsely hairy. Leaves opposite each other, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 6-10 mm wide, hairless to sparsely hairy, tips pointed. Flowers with 5 'petals', each 2-3m long, cream to straw coloured, chaffy, in globular to oval heads 5-10 mm long, to 6 mm wide, the heads often clustered. Flowers mostly Spring to Autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Alternanthera~nana (accessed 2 January, 2021)
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