*Alternanthera pungens Kunth. Habitat: Field edges, parking lots, other disturbed areas. perhaps only a waif at least northward. Distribution: Native of tropical America. Known from scattered locations in AL, FL, LA, NY, and TX (Clemants in FNA 2003b); native of tropical America. Reported for Sumter and Tift counties, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009).
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA4, NE, NY, Tx, WH3; = Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze — S13; = n/a — C, F, Pa, RAB; > Achyranthes leiantha (Seub.) Standl. — S; > Achyranthes repens L. — S. Basionym: Alternanthera pungens Kunth 1817 [1818]
Links to other floras: = Alternanthera pungens - FNA4
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