Amaranthaceae
Three-leafed chaff flower
Alternanthera filifolia
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- نمول خيطي الأوراق
- arz
- نمول خيطى الاوراق
- English
- Three-leafed chaff flower, Achyranthes hookeri
Synonyms
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. filifolia
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. glauca J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. margaritacea J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. microcephala Eliasson
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. pintensis Eliasson
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. rabidensis Eliasson
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. subsquarrosa J.T.Howell
- Alternanthera filifolia subsp. sylvatica J.T.Howell
- Bucholzia filifolia Hook.f.
- Telanthera filifolia (Hook.f.) Moq.
Photos
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 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). About our plant data.