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Lesser Joyweed

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Scientific Name:Alternanthera denticulata
Lesser Joyweed plant
Lesser Joyweed plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to Australia and New Zealand.

Plant Description:
A prostrate or decumbent, scrambling, annual herb with more or less hairless stems to 40 cm long and rooting at the nodes. Leaves are linear to lancelolate (spear-shaped), oppositely arranged, 2-6 cm long and up to 8 mm wide with entire or slightly toothed margins.

Flower-heads are near-globular to ellipsoid clusters, 4-8 mm wide in the leaf axils, with ovate to lanceolate bracts and flower (or perianth) segments 2-3 mm long.

Habitat:
Widespread throughout Victoria, growing on river margins and in swampy forests, woodlands and grasslands. Usually indicative of fresh-water environments.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Mallee, Loddon Murray, Central and Northern, Wimmera, Western, GippslandS0W0, W1, W2

Comments:
Similar to the introduced Khaki Weed (Alternanthera pungens) but with narrower leaves and non-woolly stems.

Lesser Joyweed photos



Lesser Joyweed leaf
Lesser Joyweed leaf
Photo: A J Brown
Lesser Joyweed flowers
Lesser Joyweed flowers
Photo: A J Brown
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