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|accepted_name=Alternanthera pungens
|accepted_authority=Kunth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=2: 206. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Achyranthes leiantha
|authority=(Seubert) Standley
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Amaranthaceae;Alternanthera;Alternanthera pungens
|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 pungens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 448
|treatment_page=page 450
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, 3–8 dm. <b>Stems</b> prostrate, villous. <b>Leaves</b> sessile; blade oval to obovate, usually as broad as long, 1.3–3 × 1.1–1.7 cm, apex rounded, pilose, glabrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, sessile; heads stramineous, globose to ovoid, 0.6–1 × 0.6–0.7 cm; bracts equaling tepals, apex attenuate. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals dimorphic, stramineous, lanceolate, 5–7 mm, apex acuminate, spinose tipped, sparsely villous, hairs barbed; stamens 5; anthers 3–5, globose; pseudostaminodes triangular, shorter than filaments, margins dentate. <b>Utricles</b> included within tepals, brown, compressed, 1.8 mm, apex truncate. <b>Seeds</b> lenticular, 1.3–1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste grounds, cleared limestone areas
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;La.;N.Y.;Tex.;West Indies;South America.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Alternanthera pungens</i> was long known as <i>A. repens</i> (Linnaeus) Link, a later homonym of <i>A. repens</i> J. F. Gmelin.</p>
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name=Alternanthera pungens
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Achyranthes leiantha
|basionyms=
|family=Amaranthaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Waste grounds, cleared limestone areas
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;La.;N.Y.;Tex.;West Indies;South America.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1818
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
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|genus=Alternanthera
|species=Alternanthera pungens
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