Achyranthes aspera
Summary 4
Achyranthes aspera (common name: prickly chaff flower,devil's horsewhip, Sanskrit: अपामार्ग apamarga) is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is distributed throughout the tropical world. It can be found in many places growing as an introduced species and a common weed. It is an invasive species in some areas, including many Pacific Islands environments.
Description 5
Slender erect perennial, sometimes climbing or scrambling. The leaves are often covered in silvery indumentum when young (less noticeable in shade growing specimens) Inflorescences dense at first but elongating up to 25 cm with more widely spaced flowers. Flowers greenish to silvey-white, often tinged with purple-red.
Diagnostic 6
"Habit: An errect or straggling herb, upto 70cm."
Sources and Credits
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/12/122450-4.jpg
- no rights reserved, uploaded by Peter de Lange
- (c) estefaniafernandez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by estefaniafernandez
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achyranthes_aspera
- (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30278717
- (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26331372
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora Digital de Portugal
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
