Gomphrena nealleyi
Bot. Gaz. 17: 349. 1892.
Common names: Nealley’s globe-amaranth
IllustratedEndemic
Plants perennial, not cespitose, 1–4 dm; roots primary, fusiform, fleshy. Stems erect or ascending, pilose. Leaves sessile; blade green, obovate to oblong or spatulate, 1.5–4 × 0.6–1.5 cm, apex rounded, pilose-sericeous abaxially. Inflorescences: heads white or pinkish, subglobose to short-cylindric, 10–12 mm diam.; bractlets crested along keels. Flowers: tube densely lanate; perianth lobes stramineous, lanceolate, 4.5–4.7 mm, indurate, apex spinose-tipped. Utricles ovoid, 2 mm, apex acute. Seeds subglobose to ovoid, 1.5–1.6 mm.
Phenology: Flowering winter–summer.
Habitat: Grasslands, sandy soils
Elevation: 0-10 m
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dehiscence +
spinose-tipped +
pilose-sericeous +
acute;rounded +
green +
not fleshy +
crested +
Nealley’s globe-amaranth +
Tex. +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
hypogynous +
bisexual +
cluster +
Present +
sessile +
arranged +
sessile +
opposite +
long-pilose +
superior +
stramineous +
indurate +
surrounding +
absent +
Bot. Gaz. +
1892 +
fusiform +
fleshy +
decumbent +
pilose +
absent +
Gomphrena nealleyi +
Gomphrena +
species +
connate +
absent +
simple +
lanate +
stramineous +
indehiscent +
ovoid +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
perennial +