Go to Midwest Weeds and Wildflowers Home Page

Khakiweed, Khaki Weed

Alternanthera pungens Kunth.

Amaranthaceae (Pigweed Family)

▲▼ seedlings

▲ young plant

▲▼ mature plants

▲▼ flowering stems

▲ inflorescences

Alternanthera pungens Kunth.; Khakiweed: (Bayer Code:  ALRRE; US Code ALPU3)

·         Warm-climate perennial in the pigweed family, that has a prostrate growth habit

·         Has opposite, oval to rounded leaves with smooth margins and a sharply-pointed tip; leaf surfaces are semi-glossy and leaves lack petioles

·         Inflorescences are nearly stalkless, in the axils of the leaves, and are whitish, globe-shaped clusters of pointed, papery florets

·         Serious weed of cultivated crops in southern U.S. and tropical and subtropical regions of the world

Go to Midwest Weeds and Wildflowers Home Page

Updated 15 January 2019