Achyranthes aspera L.

AMARANTHACEAE
7190 ACHYRANTHES ASPERA L. VAR. SICULA L.
Coll: Richard Spellenberg
July 9, 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.
Weed along -fences, terrace walls; perianth
parts reddish-purple; plant sprawling in a
tangle o-f vegetation, the stems on ground ca.
0.5 cm thick; plant covers ca. 6 m sq., with
very -few erect stems coming through other
vegetation.
Distributed -from NMC to: Kj^O, NY
Det. by: C. C. Townsend <K)
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