Alternanthera Forssk. >

Perianth segments free; inflorescence not woolly Alternanthera
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Plants glabrous except the young tips of the branches and the nodes. Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrow-oblong to oblanceolate and obovate, from less than 1 to 6 cm long, up to 6 mm wide.
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Inner bracts up to 1.5 mm long. Perianth segments oblong, 2–3 mm long. Leaves 5–50 mm long. Flower clusters 4–8 mm wide. Prostrate perennial herb. Clay soils. Plains Joyweed a. A