Gomphrena martiana

Gillies ex Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 400. 1849.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 452. Mentioned on page 451.

Plants perennial, not cespitose, 0.4–1.5 dm; roots unknown. Stems erect, sparsely pilose. Leaves: petiole 0.4–1.4 cm; blade green, elliptic, 2.3–3.5 × 0.7–1 cm, apex acute, pilose. Inflorescences: heads white, subglobose, 7–11 mm diam., not subtended by 2 leaves; bractlets white, slightly ridged abaxially, not crested. Flowers: tube glabrous; perianth lobes white, lanceolate, 3.2 mm, chartaceous, margins entire, apex acuminate. Utricles not seen. Seeds not seen.


Phenology: Flowering fall.
Habitat: Wool-waste areas
Elevation: 30 m

Distribution

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Introduced; N.Y., South America

Discussion

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... more about "Gomphrena martiana"
acuminate;acute +
Steven E. Clemants +
Gillies ex Moquin-Tandon in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> - 3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> +
ovate +  and obovate +
not fleshy +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> - 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> +
not crested +  and ridged +
N.Y. +  and South America +
peripheral +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
Wool-waste areas +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> - 1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> +
subglobose +
axillary +  and terminal +
sessile +  and petiolate +
long-pilose +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> - 1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> +
Flowering fall. +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and black +
subglobose +  and ovoid +
filiform +  and subulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> - 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> +
Gomphrena martiana +
Gomphrena +
species +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
compressed +, oblong +  and ovoid +
membranous +
plant +  and not cespitose +