Alternanthera flavescens Kunth. Common name: Yellow Joyweed. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Hammocks, sandbars, coastal berms, shell mounds, coastal thickets. Often abundant and somewhat sprawling in understories of buttonwood hammocks and other shaded coastal areas sparsely to moderately saline-influenced. Distribution: Widespread in the FL peninsula, north to Brevard County; West Indies, s. Mexico (CAM, ROO, YUC), South America, the native distribution unclear, but seemingly native. The Clay County, FL record appears to be in error (A. Franck, pers. comm.; 2024).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA4, K4, Mex, WH3; > Achyranthes ramosissima (Mart.) Standl. — S; > Alternanthera floridana (Chapm.) Small — S13; > Telanthera floridana Chapm. Basionym: Alternanthera flavescens Kunth 1817 [1818]
Links to other floras: = Alternanthera flavescens - FNA4
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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