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Edible: Leaves, Stems, Vegetable

A herb. It can grow as an annual or continue growing from year to year. It lies along the ground. It grows from 1-10 cm high. It can form mats. The flowers are white.

A tropical plant. It grows on a range of soils. It can be near creek banks and roadsides. It can grow in tropical and warm temperate places. It grows from sea level to 2,000 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.

Common Names: Khaki weed, Paper thorns, Creeping chaffweed, Aguape miry, Ashpa-quishca, Carrapichinho, Den nhon, E-su, Gandhimul, Kosangui, Lluta lluta, Monyaki-nyoi, Periquito-de-espinho, Poaya, Quiscua yuy, Quishca yuyo, Rau chieu, Yerba del pajarito, Yerba del pollo

Synonyms: 

Alternanthera repens (Linn.) Link;
Alternanthera achyrantha (L.) Sweet;
Achyranthes repens L.;
Celosia echinata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.;
Illecebrum achyrantha L.;
Paronychia achyrantha (L.) Desf.;
and others