Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Guinea Hen Weed

Petiveria alliacea

Spanish: anamú

Guinea Hen Weed (Petiveria alliacea)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Petiveria is a genus of flowering plants in the pigeonberry family, Petiveriaceae. The sole species it contains, Petiveria alliacea, is native to Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and tropical South America. Introduced populations occur in Benin and Nigeria. It is a deeply rooted herbaceous perennial shrub growing up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in height and has small greenish piccate flowers. The roots and leaves... Most often recorded in Jan, Jul, Nov, Oct.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Petiveriaceae
Local records6 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records3,229 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Cite as: “Guinea Hen Weed (Petiveria alliacea) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/petiveria-alliacea/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.