Gomphrena martiana
Gillies ex Moq.
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Globe-Amaranth
FNA
Resources
Steven E. Clemants in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
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.
Flowering fall. Wool-waste areas; 30 m; introduced; N.Y.; South America.
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