*Alternanthera pungens Kunth. Hab: Field edges, parking lots, other disturbed areas. perhaps only a waif at least northward. Dist: 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, K1, K3, NE, NY, Tx, WH3; = Alternanthera repens (L.) Kuntze – S13; = n/a – C, F, Pa, RAB; > Achyranthes leiantha (Seub.) Standl. – S; > Achyranthes repens L. – S
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