Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Alternanthera nana

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, Australian Tropical Rainforest Key, photographer G Sankowsky, unknown place

Flowering plants. Australian Plant Image Index, Australian Tropical Rainforest Key, photographer G Sankowsky, unknown place

Common name

Hairy joyweed

Family

Amaranthaceae 

Where found

Unknown. Western Slopes. Tablelands north from Bungendore. Sydney area north from Campbelltown. One sighting at Tharwa, ACT.

Notes

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)