Lesser Joy-weed - a native (Alternanthera denticulata)

Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family).
Native of Australia.
Occurrence: Lesser Joyweed is moderately common on mud flats of reservoirs and creeks.

Identification:

• it is a small, branched plant
• it has long, narrow leaves
• the flowers are small, prickly and cream to pale brown in colour
• the flowers are in dense clusters at the leaf bases.

It differs from Khaki Weed in the narrow leaves and the smaller, less prickly flower clusters.