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Alternanthera pungens Images

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Alternanthera pungens
Extensive patch of the plant, growing as a weed along the side of a road in Indonesia.
Photograph by: Wilson C.G.; Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Alternanthera pungens
Flowering stems
Photograph by: Taylor R.; Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Alternanthera pungens
Close-up of the flowering stem
Photograph by: Fagg M.; Australian National Botanic Gardens
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Alternanthera pungens
Close-up of the leaves and flowers
Photograph by: Harry Rose
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Alternanthera pungens
Plants can succeed in very poor conditions, as is this specimen growing out of a crack in the street
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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