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Amaranthaceae family

Alternanthera brasiliana (Linnaeus) Kuntz, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 537.  1891.
Bas.: Gomphrena brasiliana Linnaeus (1756). 

Indigenous quite rare herb of semi-open moist areas, especially roadsides.
Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Greater Antilles, Mesoamerica, South America.
Also a cultivated ornamental.  Purple and green-leafed forms.