Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Japanese Chaff-flower - Achyranthes japonica   (Miquel) Nakai
Members of Amaranthaceae:
Only member of Achyranthes in NC.
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Section 6 » Family Amaranthaceae
Author(Miquel) Nakai
DistributionWeakley (2022) attributes this potentially noxious exotic species to the Mountains of NC. SERNEC contains no specimens for the state, nor does he mention any details. Thus, the Editors cannot consider this as a member of the NC flora as yet.

Native to eastern Asia. Escaped to a number of Mid-eastern states.
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