Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Common Name Results

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Common Name: alligator weed
Family Name: Amaranthaceae

• Alternanthera philoxeroides * (Mart.) Griseb.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: alligator weed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Achyranthes philoxeroides (Mart.) Standl.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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