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1b. Achyranthes aspera Linnaeus var. pubescens (Moquin-Tandon) C. C. Townsend, Kew Bull. 29: 473. 1974.

Achyranthes fruticosa Lamarck var. pubescens Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 314. 1849

Leaf blades elliptic, ovate, or broadly ovate, 4-20 × 2-5 cm, base rounded or narrowed, apex acuminate. Tepals 6-7 mm. Utricles 3-4 mm.

Flowering summer. Waste places, chrome ore piles, hammocks; 0-10 m; Fla., Md., Tex.; West Indies.

Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens may be native in southern Florida; it is introduced in Maryland.


 

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