View source for Alternanthera caracasana

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|accepted_name=Alternanthera caracasana
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=2: 205. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Alternanthera peploides
|authority=(Humboldt & Bonpland ex Schultes) Urban
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Alternanthera;Alternanthera caracasana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Amaranthaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alternanthera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Alternanthera caracasana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 448, 449
|treatment_page=page 451
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 1–5 dm. <b>Stems</b> prostrate to procumbent, villous, glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> sessile; blade rhombic-ovate, oval, or obovate, usually longer than broad, 0.5–2.5 × 0.3–1.5 cm, apex rounded, apiculate, sparsely villous, glabrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, sessile; heads white to stramineous, ovoid, 0.5–0.8 × 0.4–0.6 cm; bracts shorter than tepals, apex long-attenuate, aristate. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals dimorphic, whitish to stramineous, lanceolate, 3–5 mm, apex acuminate, spinose tipped, densely villous, hairs barbed; stamens 5; pseudostaminodes triangular or subulate, shorter than filaments, margins usually entire, rarely dentate. <b>Utricles</b> included within tepals, brown, ovoid-orbicular, 1.5 mm, apex slightly truncate. <b>Seeds</b> ovate-orbiculate, 1–1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Gravel, sand bars, sidewalks
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
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name=Alternanthera caracasana
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Alternanthera peploides
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Gravel, sand bars, sidewalks
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1818
|special status=
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|genus=Alternanthera
|species=Alternanthera caracasana
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