Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
Detail
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Botanical Name
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
- Common Name
- Alligator-weed
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.
- Comments
- In the past several decades, this weedy, introduced, semiaquatic species has spread and become rampantly invasive in parts of se. Virginia; its continued spread into new areas can be expected.
- Habitat
- Alluvial and tidal swamps, canals, sloughs, ditches, and ponds. Infrequent to locally common in the outer Coastal Plain of se. Virginia; rare elsewhere in the Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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