Gomphrena globosa

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 224. 1753.

Common names: Common globe-amaranth
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 453. Mentioned on page 405, 451.

Plants annual, not cespitose, 3–10 dm; roots fibrous. Stems erect, pilose-strigose. Leaves: petiole 0.5-2 cm; blade green, oblong to ovate, 2–10 × 0.5–5 cm, apex acute, villous. Inflorescences: heads white, yellow, red, or purple, globose, 20–28 mm diam.; bractlets crested along keel. Flowers: tube densely lanate; perianth lobes white to pink, lance-subulate, 4.4–5.2 mm, chartaceous, apex acuminate. Utricles oblong, 2 mm, apex acute. Seeds 1.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Waste grounds
Elevation: 10-500 m

Distribution

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Introduced; La., N.J., N.Y., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va., native of s Asia, widely escaped from cultivation

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Gomphrena globosa"
acute;acuminate;acute +
Steven E. Clemants +
Linnaeus +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
oblong +  and ovate +
not fleshy +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Common globe-amaranth +
La. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +, native of s Asia +  and widely escaped from cultivation +
10-500 m +
peripheral +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
Waste grounds +
purple +, red +, yellow +  and white +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
globose +
axillary +  and terminal +
sessile +  and petiolate +
long-pilose +
white +  and pink +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–fall. +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and black +
subglobose +  and ovoid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Introduced +
pilose-strigose +
filiform +  and subulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Gomphrena globosa +
Gomphrena +
species +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
plant +  and not cespitose +