Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv., Fl. Oware 2:66, t. 99, fig. 1. 1818 "ficoides" (Smith in Rees, Cycl. 39(2)(suppl.): Alternanthera no. 8. 1819), (Syn: (=) Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil.; (=) Alternanthera tenella Colla; (≡) Gomphrena ficoidea L. (basionym)); al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary fy-KOY-dee-uh -- fig-like ... Dave's Botanary ten-ELL-uh -- small, delicate, tender ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: sanguinarea • Marathi: कुसळ kusal • Telugu: అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము adavi punnaganti aalamu Native to: Caribbean, southern America Procumbent to erect semiwwoody herb; leaves broadly ovate to obovate, green or coloured, flowers in sessile axillary heads; tepals unequal, outer three broad, hairy, 3-ribbed at base, the inner two narrower; pseudostaminodes longer than stamens, lacerate at tip. A. paronychoides is a soft stemmed plant of wet grounds, often found along banks of drains, streams and river banks. It is totally creeping and rooting herb; Alternanther paonychoides is, a much different plant, with delicate, smooth, creeping stems, and much smaller leaves;
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. from Delhi and Dakpathar: Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. Fl. Oware 2:66, t. 99, fig. 1. 1818 "ficoides" Syn: Alternanthera tenella Colla; Gomphrena ficoidea L. Common name: Parrotleaf Procumbent to erect semiwwoody herb; leaves broadly ovate to obovate, green or coloured, flowers in sessile axillary heads; tepals unequal, outer three broad, hairy, 3-ribbed at base, the inner two narrower; pseudostaminodes longer than stamens, lacerate at tip. Photographed from Delhi and Dakpathar.
Thanks ... Any photograph with flowers? I only have a single picture of this, ... thanks to the 'time factor'! Enclosing a relatively closer view of flowers of this species. Though flowers are visible at lowest branching in ... picture. Thank you ... for showing another aggressive weed of Tropical and Subtropical areas in India. Enclosing a relatively closer look to flowers in this species. Nice to see the pattern of branching Alternanthera a big genus from the family. Always confusing to go to species level. Thanks for showing this prostrate plant growing widely as weed.
Sharing images of Alternanthera ficoidea at Pune Fine pics, even showing minute flowers. A very aggressive weed here in Pantnagar. Thanks for sharing. Very nice clear pictures. Surprisingly there is no mention of the species in BSI Flora of Mah. In most earlier books under the name A. tenella.
Alternanthera ficoidea from Panipat Haryana Yes ... Very good photographs.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera sp. Pune SMP5: Attaching images of an Alternanthera from different locations at diff. times hoping that all are Alternanthera ficoidea Superb pictures. ESP the striped pierrot. Yes ..., A. ficoidea to me too. Yes ..., A. ficoidea. Very good photographs
Yes ... Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera ficoidea : Mumbai : 100213 : AK-30: A very small ornamental plant seen at Jijamata Udyan in Mumbai. Posted on our group earlier and identified by ... and ...
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera ficoidea : Nasik : AK-9: Sharing picture of Alternanthera ficoidea from Nasik seen growing wild in a Mango farm. Yes ... Very good photographs.
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Alternanthera ficoidea : Muscat : 100213 : AK-19: Sharing pictures of this cultivated, ornamental plant from here. Posted and identified by ... on our group earlier. Looks very similar to my posted plant of A.sessilis....? This was posted on our group earlier and identified by ... (Garden Plant for ID 180111 AK-3) That is the reason I posted my reply. Let others recheck it. Alternanthera sessilis in FoC = (leaf) apex acute or obtuse Alternanthera sessilis in FoP = (leaf) blunt to shortly acuminate at the apex Alternanthera sessilis in FoNA = (leaf) obtuse to acute Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. in PIER = acute and mucronate at the apex, attenuate at base and narrowed along poorly defined petiole.... The plant in this thread doesn't have acute leaf-apex but, certainly the apex is mucronate and it resembles the picture at the PIER site. Alternanthera found growing wild in Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai on 22/4/13. Small plant with tiny white flowers. Id please. Alternanthera tenella? Alternanthera ficoides (L.) Sm. (=A.tenella Colla) as per the Plant List 2010. I used Alternanthera as ground cover, but never got such lovely plants to grow.
Alternanthera For ID : Nasik : 150114 : AK-8 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. A wild weed growing in our Nasik garden. Picture taken on 3/12/13. Could this be Alternanthera tenella? Kindly confirm id. A.ficoides. Thanks for the id.
efloraofindia:''For Id'' wild plant with peculiar arrangement of leaves at Pune :21052014: MR-6 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). May 2014 Requesting Id of this wild plant with peculiar arrangement of leaves which are rough to touch. not flowered as yet If I have to guess, I will go for Alternanthera ficoides (Amaranthaceae). However, the flowers will appear soon to make ID easier. ?? Ruellia tuberosa L. of Acanthaceae Thank you ... and ... for a possible Id. hope to see the flowers the plant has flowered. attaching pics of the same. it is looking like Alternanthera ficoides (Amaranthaceae) as you have said. requesting to confirm the Id. Yes it is A.ficoides. After few weeks it will make larger clusters of flowers in axil of leaves.
ANNOV29 Amaranthaceae for identification : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) Bangalore October 2014 May be Alternantherea. A picture of the whole plant would help. I forgot to click that one detail sir. I will find the plant and again and get the habit shot soon. Alternanthera ficoides, I hope. I think yes, Alternanthera ficoidea Location: Dolakha, Nepal Date : 5 September, 2017 Elevation : 5600 ft Sir looks Alternanthera species. Alternanthera ficoidea. Thank you all. I guess it could be Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. Thanks, ..., for the id. Seems to match with images at Alternanthera ficoidea Does not matches with images at Alternanthera sessilis It is not listed in Nepal ...! Pl. check for its synonyms. Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil. is listed in Nepal Checklist, which is a synonym of Alternanthera ficoidea as per GRIN (once known to be very reliable, but now I think have been shut down & link not opening). This is basically an American plant. So GRIN is going to be most reliable. Thank you all. Need such a deep exploration. Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. Syn: Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil.
identification no020311sn1: Id. request.taken at my farm in mulshi,pune, in feb11 date/time:feb11 location:mulshi,pune habitat:wild plant habit:-- height: spread along the ground
Flora of Haryana: Alternanthera ficoidea from NDRI Karnal campus: *Alternanthera ficoidea* From NDRI Campus Karnal Small annual Herb, wild
Alternanthera for ID : 090711 : AK-1: Taken at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai, Maharashtra on 29/12/2007. Very tiny leaves, a small plant, cultivated. This is Alternathera ficoidea, now including several species formerly treated separately. Common edging plant. A. paronychioides is much different plant, recently uploaded by me.
Date/Time-Sep 2011 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb Height/Length- about 6 cms in ht Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-white flowers multipetals Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen
Request for validation Can it be Alternanthera ficoidea? Date/Time-Sep 2011 Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb Height/Length- 6-8 cms Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-green Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- yellow in the centre white around Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not seen I think your id is right
Alternanthera for ID : 090711 : AK-2: Found growing wild at Nasik, Maharashtra on 14/4/2008. Again a very tiny plant with White flowers. Is this 'Khaki Weed' or 'Smooth Chaff Flower' from Flowersofindia? Alternanthera pungens or A paronychioides? Please check Alternanthera paronychioides. It is not A.pungens because A. pungens stem is generally prostrate. It is neither Alternanthera pungens (with broader leaves and shaply pungent perianth tips) nor A. paronychoides which is much softer plant. It could be A. ficoides which shows a lot of variation. I am uploading all three from my collection. Alternanthera ficoides
Would appreciate your help to Id this wild plant ht about 2 feet, leaves 8 cms X 4cms and white flowers . 8_IMG_0770_1 shows an oblong green yellow structure about 1 cm in length I don't know if it is the fruit. Is it some Alternanthera spp? Its Alternanthera species of Amaranthaceae..... this is Alternanthera species for sure, but i am equally sure that the plant in last pic 8_img_0770_1 does not posses that oblong structure. it might be some part of other plant fallen on this plant. the fruit of an alternanthera species is an utricle which is enclosed in the bracts and is very small, almost equal to the flower. please check the plant part. Thank you ... for your reply. Fortunately the plant still exists where I had seen it. I have checked the plant for the oblong structure and it was no longer seen. You are right it must be a part of some other plant. There is a big tamarind tree around with flowers. As I was there a similar looking structure fell down probably it is a bud of the tamarind tree. The wild plant has grown a little taller than before and what I observed today was that the flowers are in pairs at every point if that could help the species identification. Yes of course it is Alternanthera, which some websites would make you believe as A. paronychioides Alternanther paonychoides is, however, a much different plant, with delicate, smooth, creeping stems, and much smaller leaves: This plant is Alternanthera ficoidea in which yellowish flowers often emerge from chaff like bracts. The species is one of the most commonly cultivated edging plant and shows a lot of variability in cultivation, with species originally taken as distinct species having been merged.
Are attached photos Alternenthera ficoides and A. sessilis ? Please confirm the ID. Time of collection : 27/09/2012 (Alternanthera ficoidea) & 03/10/2012 (A.sessilis) Location : Bara Bazar Guwahati-12 (Assam) Yes ...
Should be Alternanthera pungens....Amaranthaceae It looks more of A. ficoidea (= A. tenella) to me. Yes A. ficoidea In A. pungens leaves are much different.
Very interesting find in "The Plant List" relating to FoI species http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sanguinarea.html :-
Species : Alternanthera paronychioides A.St.-Hil. ? H & H : wild herb in rural roadside, waste place, rail tracks Date : 27/10/12, 3.50 p.m. Place : Hooghly Some similarities - Alternanthera ficoidea There are at least two Alternanthera ficoidea in The Plant List -
GRIN has Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. = Alternanthera tenella Colla = Gomphrena ficoidea L. (basionym) Which one do i take? The Plant List seems to be making mess of things. I am tired of pointing out their mistakes. A. ficoidea (L.) Sm. is not recorded in IPNI, the most authentic source of Plant names. Please also note that in the Plant list there is no synonym which has Linnaeus as the author. If not Gomphrena ficoidea then what is the basionym of A. ficoidea (L.) Sm. My frequent advise to members that if the name exists in GRIN, it is better to follow it. I agree there is lot of confusion in the net, but A. paronychoides is a soft stemmed plant of wet grounds, often found along banks of drains, streams and river banks. It is totally creeping and rooting herb. I have photographed and collected it both in Delhi and Kashmir. So, i have now Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. Will try to find out Alternanthera paronychioides also.
9am. Short, low-lying shrub/semi-creeper. This looks like a species of Aerva. Yes surely look like Aerva but a species quite new to me. This may be Alternanthera pulchella Kunth please check it at once. I looked up www.flowersofindia.in . & under Alternanthera, i found ... image of the same flower identified as A. ficoidea - Sanguinarea - Family Amaranthaceae.Thank you all for helping. Yes, it is Alternanthera ficoidea (= A. tenella). Yes Alternanthera ficoidea This should be Alternanthera ficoidea
Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: DV07 :: 25 JUL 10 10:11:08 :: Alternanthera ficoidea in Thane: Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week goosefoot AND amaranth Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. Also known by its synonym: Alternanthera tenella Colla al-ter-NANTH-ur-uh -- alternating anther ... Dave's Botanary fy-KOY-dee-uh -- fig-like ... Dave's Botanary ten-ELL-uh -- small, delicate, tender ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: sanguinarea • Marathi: कुसळ kusal • Telugu: అడవి పున్నాగంటె అలము adavi punnaganti aalamu Native to: Caribbean, southern America References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • PIER • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar at Vaghbil, Thane on 25 JUL 10 Very good photographs. at Vaghbil, Thane on 28 NOV 09 Great pictures ... To me this looks like A. ficoidea mainly due to the gregarious habit with more or less erect branches, and stalked leaves. Many thanks ... for validating this post. Was always thinking the contrary - that A. sessilis is of gregarious habit. Also had the thought that the width of leaves of A. ficoidea is larger than the length. Many thanks for straightening my thoughts. Will revise my notes at flickr very soon.
This is Alternanthera ficoidea (= A. tenella), I think. Yes Alternanthera ficoidea
This might be the Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv. as in http://www.hear.org/pier/species/alternanthera_ficoidea.htm or in https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/a/amaranthaceae/alternanthera-bettzickiana/alternanthera-ficoidea. I think yes. Nice photographs Very very thank you for confirming all species.
Plz id the herb: pa-01_30june2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) May i request you to help in identifying this herb with small flowers? A number of such plants were seen by me in Prabalmachi region recently. (4.7.18) It is an Alternanthera sp. [Amaranthaceae]. Reminds me of A. ficoidea (L.) Sm.
TSP-SEP2018-01-468 Alternanthera ficoidea visited by a Yellow Potter Wasp : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Presenting few images of Alternanthera ficoidea visited by Yellow Potter Wasp Habit: Herb Habitat: Waste land Sighting: Tumkur, Karnataka Date: 18-09-2018 beware of them. bite is quite irritable contrary to whatever the net pages would get
Herb for ID, Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh NAW-JAN19-01 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Kindly identify this prostrate weed with spiny inflorescence, photographed in agricultural fields in Anuppur District, Madhya Pradesh in November 2018 Closest to Alternanthera ficoidea (Amaranthaceae). Please compare with images in eFI. Thank you all. As suspected, it is an alien invasive weed.
TH: photograph for identification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)- 2 mb or more. Please help me to identify. This plant was collect from road side in Rajshahi, Bangladesh I think its Alternanthera sp. Check with Alternanthera sessilis or Alternanthera ficoidea. Thanks, ..., for the id. To me also appear close to images at Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P. Beauv.
ID Please: UV_09102019_2 : 5 posts by 4 authors. 2 images. Please identify this plant at Nigadi, Pune, Maharashtra Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) P.Beauv. Please check Alternanthera. Please stick to the rules in future as suggested by ...! Also furnish information's like date of picture, elevation and habitat image. Yes sir !
Alternanthera ficoidea :: Prabalmachi, near Panvel :: 30 NOV 19 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. Prabalmachi between Matheran and Panvel Date: November 30, 2019 ... Altitude: about 390 m (1,280 ft) asl Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. Dear friends, I believe this is Alternanthera ficoidea; please validate. For me the ID is correct
Alternanthera ficoidea :: Yeoor Hills, part of SGNP :: 29 DEC 19 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 5 images. Yeoor Hills ... part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park Date: December 29, 2019 ... Altitude range: about 100 ft (30 m) to 1575 ft (480 m) asl Alternanthera ficoidea (L.) Sm. Amaranthaceae for ID : Bangalore : 04OCT20 : AK-10 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Seen growing wild. Alternanthera Species? Alternanthera sessilis Sorry, ..., it's not sessilis, variety of ficoidea only, Thanks, ..., for the id. I think many cultivars are coming of this as per https://www.alamy.com/alternanthera-yellow-josephs-coat-annual-variegated-leaves-image339914361.html https://www.jaycjayc.com/alternanthera-ficoidea-parrotleaf/#.X33koXB7mM8 Or is it due to some deficiency ? These were seen growing wild near a lake along with normal green colored ones. In multiple places in that area, not just one. References: |
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