Gomphrena serrata

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 224. 1753.

Common names: Arrasa con todo
Synonyms: Gomphrena decumbens Jacquin Gomphrena dispersa Standley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 453. Mentioned on page 451.

Plants perennial or annual, not cespitose, 1–10 dm; roots fibrous. Stems prostrate, procumbent, or decumbent, pilose. Leaves sessile or petiolate; petiole to 0.6 cm; blade green, obovate to oblong, 1.5–7.5 × 0.5–2.5 cm, apex rounded or obtuse, pilose-sericeous. Inflorescences: heads white tinged with pink or red, globose to short-cylindric, 9–13 mm diam.; bractlets with denticulate crests along keel. Flowers: tube densely lanate; perianth lobes white, narrowly oblong, 4–5 mm, apex attenuate. Utricles ovoid, 2.2 mm, apex acute. Seeds 1.2 mm.


Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, sandy open areas, woodlands, hammocks
Elevation: 0-1500 m

Distribution

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Fla., Ga., Tex., Mexico, Central America, South America

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Gomphrena serrata"
pilose-sericeous +
acute;attenuate;obtuse;rounded +
Steven E. Clemants +
Linnaeus +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
obovate +  and oblong +
not fleshy +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Arrasa con todo +
denticulate +
Fla. +, Ga. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, Central America +  and South America +
0-1500 m +
peripheral +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
Lawns, roadsides, sandy open areas, woodlands, hammocks +
, +  and white tinged with pink or white tinged with red +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
globose +  and short-cylindric +
axillary +  and terminal +
petiolate +  and sessile +
long-pilose +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Flowering year-round. +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and black +
subglobose +  and ovoid +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
decumbent +  and prostrate +
erect +, prostrate +  and ascending +
filiform +  and subulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Gomphrena decumbens +  and Gomphrena dispersa +
Gomphrena serrata +
Gomphrena +
species +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
annual +  and perennial +
plant +  and not cespitose +