Gomphrena caespitosaTorr. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Gomphrena caespitosa
Common name
Tufted globe-amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
Flora
Entry for Gomphrena caespitosa Torrey [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Gomphrena caespitosaTorrey [family AMARANTHACEAE], in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., 2(1): 181. 1859
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Plants perennial, cespitose, 0.5–1.5 dm; roots primary, diffuse, woody. Stems ascending, with 1–2 pairs of leaves, sparsely villous, often glabrate. Leaves mostly basal; petiole to 3 cm; blade green, obovate or oblong, 3.5–7.5 × 2–3 cm, apex rounded or obtuse, densely grayish appressed-pilose. Inflorescences: heads white, subglobose, 10–17 mm diam.; bractlets not crested, margins dentate near apex. Flowers: tube densely white-pilose; perianth lobes white to yellow, linear to lanceolate, 4.5–5 mm, hyaline, apex obtuse. Utricles ovoid, 2 mm, apex acute. Seeds 1.5 mm.
