Yellow Chaff Flower

Yellow Chaff Flower, Yellow Joyweed

Alternanthera flavescens Kunth.

Amaranthaceae, the Pigweed Family

▲ ▼ flowering stems, showing flowers

Alternanthera flavescens Kunth.; Yellow Chaff-flower, Yellow Joyweed;

Warm-climate perennial in the pigweed family
Has a much-branched, prostrate to upright-spreading growth habit
Leaves opposite, oval, with smooth, wavy margins and short hairs on stems and leaves
Flowers in clusters at tips of stems and in axils of leaves on 0.25 to 1 inch long stalks
Individual flowers small, pointed, white to yellowish, persistent

(Posted January 15, 2019)