Alternanthera sessilis
Also known as: Achyranthes linearifolia, Achyranthes polygonoides, Achyranthes repens, Achyranthes sessilis, Achyranthes triandra, Achyranthes villosa, Allaganthera forsskaolei, Altemanthera sessilis, Alternanthera achyranth, Alternanthera achyranthes, Alternanthera achyranthoides, Alternanthera denticulata bifaria, Alternanthera dubia, Alternanthera ficoides, Alternanthera ficoides minor, Alternanthera ficoides versicolor, Alternanthera glabra, Alternanthera major, Alternanthera nana major, Alternanthera nodiflora, Alternanthera nodiflora lanceolata, Alternanthera nodiflora linearifolia, Alternanthera polygonoides, Alternanthera prostrata, Alternanthera repens, Alternanthera sennii, Alternanthera sessilis angustifolia, Alternanthera sessilis lanceolata, Alternanthera sessilis major, Alternanthera sessilis neglecta, Alternanthera sessilis nodiflora, Alternanthera sessilis parviflora, Alternanthera sessilis spathulifolia, Alternanthera sessilis stauntonii, Alternanthera sessilis tenuissima, Alternanthera sibirica, Alternanthera sissoo, Alternanthera tenella, Alternanthera tenuissima, Alternanthera triandra, Alternanthera triandra nodiflora, Alternanthera uliginosa, Bucholzia diffusa, Bucholzia polygonoides, Gomphrena brasiliensis, Gomphrena polygonoides, Gomphrena sessilis, Illecebrum denticulatum, Illecebrum glabrum, Illecebrum indicum, Illecebrum polygonoides, Illecebrum sessile, Illecebrum sibiricum, Illecebrum triandrum, Paronychia dubia, Paronychia sessilis, Paronychia tetragona, Steiremis sessilifolia, Telanthera polygonoides, Telanthera polygonoides compacta, Telanthera polygonoides major
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. Species
- Common names
- Rabbit-meat, Sessile Joyweed, Amaranthus weed, chaff flower, Dwarf Copperleaf, Haicha
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Alternanthera
- Habitat
- Terrestrial|Freshwater, terrestrial
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- Galápagos Islands; Africa; Caribbean; Middle America; North America
- Basionym
- Gomphrena sessilis L.
- Published in
- R. Br. (1813). In: Cat. Pl. Hort. Monsp.: 77.
Media and observations
Pantropical (Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium)
Annual herb (The checklist of alien seed plants of D.R. Congo, based on evidence from herbarium collections)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/3084939 https://www.gbif.org/species/3084939
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:31 AM