Gomphrena globosa
Sp. Pl. 1: 224. 1753.
Common names: Common globe-amaranth
Introduced
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
Introduced; La., N.J., N.Y., Pa., S.C., Tex., Va., native of s Asia, widely escaped from cultivation
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Gomphrena globosa"
dehiscence +
villous +
acute;acuminate;acute +
green +
not fleshy +
crested +
Common globe-amaranth +
peripheral +
alternating +
connate +
hypogynous +
bisexual +
cluster +
globose +
sessile +
arranged +
true +
opposite +
long-pilose +
superior +
chartaceous +
surrounding +
absent +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
fibrous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Introduced +
decumbent +
erect +
pilose-strigose +
absent +
Gomphrena globosa +
Gomphrena +
species +
connate +
absent +
simple +
lanate +
stramineous +
indehiscent +
oblong +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
annual +