Gomphrena nitida
Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler, 233. 1879.
Common names: Pearly globe-amaranth
Synonyms: Gomphrena globosa var. albiflora Moquin-Tandon
Plants annual, not cespitose, 2–7 dm; roots fibrous. Stems usually erect, pilose or strigose. Leaves sessile or petiolate; petiole to 0.7 cm; blade green, obovate or oblong, 1.5–6 × 0.4–2.5 cm, apex obtuse or acute, pilose. Inflorescences: heads yellowish white or rarely reddish, subglobose, 12–16 mm diam.; bractlets with laciniate crests. Flowers: tube lanate; perianth lobes white, linear, 4.1 mm, hyaline, apex attenuate. Utricles ovoid, 1.5 mm, apex truncate. Seeds 1.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Moist ground, bottomlands, canyons, rocky open slopes
Elevation: 500-2000 m
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico
Discussion
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dehiscence +
truncate +
pilose +
attenuate;acute;obtuse +
green +
not fleshy +
Pearly globe-amaranth +
laciniate +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
hypogynous +
bisexual +
cluster +
subglobose +
sessile +
arranged +
opposite +
long-pilose +
superior +
surrounding +
absent +
Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler, +
1879 +
fibrous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
decumbent +
erect +
absent +
Gomphrena nitida +
Gomphrena +
species +
connate +
absent +
simple +
lanate +
stramineous +
indehiscent +
ovoid +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
annual +