-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies (Order Caryophyllales)

-Amaranths (Family Amaranthaceae)

-Subfamily Gomphrenoideae

-Genus Alternanthera

Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae, commonly known as joyweeds. The flowers of Alternanthera are small and usually white, arranged in compact, papery clusters that sit in the leaf axils or at the tips of stems. Alternanthera occupy a wide range of habitats, from moist soils and wetlands to disturbed ground and roadsides.