Chaff flower
ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪುபொன்னாங்கண்ணிపొన్నగంటి కూర
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- —
Amaranthaceae
Also called Dwarf Copperleaf, Sessile joyweed, Sessile Joyweed
Formerly Achyranthes linearifolia, Achyranthes sessilis, Achyranthes triandra, Achyranthes villosa, and 23 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or helophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. & E. Australia, S. Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 30 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (9)
- Chinese
- 革命菜, 节节花, 莲子草
- Simplified Chinese
- 节节花, 满天星, 水牛膝
- French
- Magloire, Brède Chevrette, Brède Emballages
- Tamil
- பொன்னாங்கண்ணி, பொன்னாங்காணி
- Telugu
- పొన్నగంటి కూర
- Kannada
- ಹೊನಗೊನ್ನೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು
- Marathi
- बेचकुसळ
- Bangla
- চাঁচিঘাস
- Malayalam
- പൊന്നാങ്കണ്ണി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Alternanthera sessilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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