Digera muricata (L.) Mart.

English: False amaranth

Kingdom: Plantae (2633)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2537)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)

      Order: Caryophyllales (124)

        Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)

          Genus: Digera (1)

            Epithet: muricata (L.) Mart. (3)

Synonyms: Achyranthes alternifolia Russell ex Wall., Achyranthes polygonoides Retz., Amaranthus frutescens Dum.Cours., Cladostachys alternifolia Sweet

alternifolia => having alternate leaves

frutescens => shrubby, becoming shrubby

muricata => full of rough, short, sharp points

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, white

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