Alternanthera acaulis
Alligator Weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
(Mart.) Griseb. Species
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- Botanical name
- Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Also known as
- Alligator Weed, Alligator-Weed, Alligatorweed
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Alligator Weed
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Alternanthera philoxeroides but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Achyranthes paludosa
Achyranthes philoxeroides
Alternanthera philoxerina
Alternanthera philoxeroides f. acutifolia
Alternanthera philoxeroides f. angustifolia
Alternanthera philoxeroides var. acutifolia
Alternanthera philoxeroides var. lancifolia
Alternanthera philoxeroides var. luxurians
Alternanthera philoxeroides var. obtusifolia
Alternanthera philoxeroides var. phyllantha
Alternanthera philoxeroides var. platyphylla
Bucholzia philoxeroides
Bucholzia philoxeroides var. acutifolia
Bucholzia philoxeroides var. obtusifolia
Celosia amphibia
Mogiphanes philorexoides
Telanthera philoxeroides
Telanthera philoxeroides var. acutifolia
Telanthera philoxeroides var. denticulata
Telanthera philoxeroides var. linearifolia
Telanthera philoxeroides var. obtusifolia
Others in Alternanthera
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