Gomphrena viridis

Wooton & Standley

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 120. 1913.

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

Plants perennial, cespitose, 0.3–1 dm; roots primary, woody. Stems ascending, with 1–2 pairs of leaves, sparsely villous, glabrate. Leaves mostly basal; petiole 0.7–1.5 cm; blade green, obovate to elliptic-oblong, 3.5–7.5 × 2–3 cm, apex obtuse to acute, very sparsely strigose to nearly glabrous. Inflorescences: heads white, subglobose to cylindric, 35–70 × 8–20 mm; bractlets concave, not crested. Flowers: tube densely lanose; perianth lobes white, oblong or oblanceolate, 4.7 mm, indurate, apex obtuse, spinose-tipped. Utricles not seen. Seeds not seen.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Dry plains, hillsides
Elevation: 1000-2000 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Gomphrena viridis"
very sparsely strigose +  and nearly glabrous +
obtuse;obtuse;acute +
Steven E. Clemants +
Wooton & Standley +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
obovate +  and elliptic-oblong +
not fleshy +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
not crested +  and concave +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
1000-2000 m +
peripheral +
hypogynous +
minute +  and small +
not +  and dehiscent +
Dry plains, hillsides +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
subglobose +  and cylindric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
axillary +  and terminal +
sessile +  and petiolate +
long-pilose +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–fall. +
Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. +
brown +, reddish-brown +  and black +
subglobose +  and ovoid +
glabrate +  and villous +
filiform +  and subulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Gomphrena viridis +
Gomphrena +
species +
indurate +, membranaceous +, chartaceous +  and scarious +
compressed +, oblong +  and ovoid +
membranous +
plant +  and cespitose +