Venezuelan Burn (Alternanthera paronychioides)
Description
The Venezuelan Burn ( Alternanthera paronychioides ) is a species of plant of the Amaranth family of Central and South America. They are evergreen herbs , reaching a size of up to 0.6 m in length, prostrate and highly branched stems, stems and lower branches subglabros or pubescent with simple trichomes , applied, up to 0.4 mm long, white, becoming densely hairy in the upper parts . Leaves broad or narrowly elliptical, often spatulate, variable in size in the same plant. Inflorescences chapters solitary or a group of 2-3 stacked, usually only one chapter in one of the two opposite axils, globose
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Amaranthaceae
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Genus: Alternanthera
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