Gomphrena nealleyi

J. M. Coulter & Fisher

Bot. Gaz. 17: 349. 1892.

Common names: Nealley’s globe-amaranth
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 453. Mentioned on page 451, 452.

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

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Gomphrena nealleyi"
pilose-sericeous +
acute;rounded +
Steven E. Clemants +
J. M. Coulter & Fisher +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
obovate +  and oblong or spatulate +
not fleshy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Nealley’s globe-amaranth +
0-10 m +
peripheral +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
Grasslands, sandy soils +
pinkish +  and white +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
subglobose +  and short-cylindric +
axillary +  and terminal +
long-pilose +
Flowering winter–summer. +
fusiform +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and black +
subglobose +  and ovoid +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
ascending +  and erect +
filiform +  and subulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Gomphrena nealleyi +
Gomphrena +
species +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
plant +  and not cespitose +