Alternanthera acaulis
Creeping Chaffweed
Alternanthera pungens
Kunth Species
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- Botanical name
- Alternanthera pungens
- Also known as
- Creeping Chaffweed, Khakibur, Khakiweed
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Creeping Chaffweed
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 pungens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Achyranthes leiantha
Achyranthes lorentzii
Achyranthes mucronata
Achyranthes nivea
Achyranthes obovata
Achyranthes radicans
Achyranthes repens
Alternanthera achyrantha
Alternanthera achyrantha var. echinata
Alternanthera achyrantha var. leiantha
Alternanthera achyrantha var. pungens
Alternanthera ciliata
Alternanthera echinata
Alternanthera leiantha
Alternanthera lorentzii
Alternanthera procumbens
Alternanthera pungens f. pauciflora
Alternanthera pungens var. leiantha
Alternanthera pungens var. monocephala
Alternanthera repens
Alternanthera repens f. monocephala
Alternanthera thomensis
Bucholzia spinescens
Celosia echinata
Desmochaeta sordida
Guilleminea procumbens
Illecebrum achyrantha
Illecebrum pungens
Pityranthus crassifolius
Pupalia sordida
Telanthera pungens
Others in Alternanthera
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