Achyranthes aspera L.

AMARANTHACEAE
7463 ACHYRANTHES ASPERA L. var. PUBESCENS
<Moq.) C. C. Townsend
Coll: Richard Spellenberg
July 22, 1983
YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC, Ibb Governate, 1.5 mi. W
o-f Ibb near Ibb Secondary Agricultural
Institute -farm, elev. ca. 2000 m, in area
once o-f Acacia, Cordia, Ficus, arborescent
Euphorbia, now mostly terraced with sorghum,
grazed -field edges, mountainous.
Against wall of soccer -field, along road;
bushy, to 2 m tall, as wide. Leaves dark,
the margins plane, veins prominent. <See also
Achyranthes 7464, which was about 100 m away)
Distributed -from NMC to: K, NY, MO
Det. by: C. C. Townsend <K)
US-AID Ibb Sec. Agrie. Institute Project
04412786