Common name: Khakiweed
Latin name: Alternanthera pungens Kunth
Family: Amaranthaceae
Life Cycle: Annual or Perennial
Type: Broadleaf
Description: Warm-season annual or perennial weed that with a prostrate growth habit. It has obovate leaves with opposite leaf arrangement on the stem. Fruits with soft, but spiny heads in axils between leaf and stem.
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