Amaranthaceae
Sanguinaria
Alternanthera ficoidea
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 小叶红, 小葉紅, 五色苋, 绿苋草, 五色草
- English
- Sanguinaria
- Indonesian
- Kriminil
- Swedish
- Papegojblad
Synonyms
- Achyranthes ficoidea (L.) Lam.
- Alternanthera brachiata hort. ex Moq.
- Alternanthera diffusa Schacht
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. brachiata Uline & W.L.Bray
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. diffusa (Mart.) Kuntze
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. erecta (Mart.) Pedersen
- Alternanthera ficoidea var. radicans (Mart.) Pedersen
- Alternanthera polygonoides var. diffusa (Mart.) Moq. ex Hicken
- Alternanthera polygonoides var. glabrescens Gris
- Alternanthera tenella Colla
- Alternanthera triandra Steud.
- Bucholzia brachiata Schrad. ex Seub.
- Bucholzia brachiata Schrad. ex Moq.
- Bucholzia diffusa Mart.
- Bucholzia ficoidea (L.) Mart.
- Bucholzia polygonoides var. diffusa Mart.
- Bucholzia polygonoides var. erecta Mart.
- Bucholzia polygonoides var. radicans Mart.
- Gomphrena ficoidea L.
- Illecebrum ficoideum (L.) L.
- Paronychia ficoidea (L.) Desf.
- Steiremis ficoidea (L.) Raf.
- Telanthera ficoidea (L.) Moq.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 449 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jaw-Jian La, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 潘立傑 LICHIEH_PAN, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Sumit Bhowmick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vishal soni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.