Index / Search / Alternanthera caracasana
§1 Plant
Alternanthera caracasana Kunth
vernacular washerwoman — species · Amaranthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Amaranthaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Alternanthera
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 49 counties across 12 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 49 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
California view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Caldwell 48055
- Coleman 48083
- Comal 48091
- Cottle 48101
- Dallas 48113
- El Paso 48141
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Hudspeth 48229
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Webb 48479
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALCA5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3084958 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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