Index / Search / Alternanthera paronychioides var. paronychioides
§1 Plant
Alternanthera paronychioides A. St.-Hil. var. paronychioides
vernacular smooth joyweed — variety · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Alternanthera
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 37 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 37 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Franklin 22041
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Richland 22083
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALPAP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9577509 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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