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Gomphrena nealleyi

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Name

Identification
Gomphrena nealleyi J. M. Coult. & Fisher [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Gomphrena nealleyi
Common name
  • Nealley’s globe-amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Gomphrena nealleyi J. M. Coulter & Fisher [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 nealleyi J. M. Coulter & Fisher [family AMARANTHACEAE], Bot. Gaz., 17: 349. 1892
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Plants perennial, not cespitose, 1–4 dm; roots primary, fusiform, fleshy. Stems erect or ascending, pilose. Leaves sessile; blade green, obovate to oblong or spatulate, 1.5–4 × 0.6–1.5 cm, apex round-ed, pilose-sericeous abaxially. Inflorescences: heads white or pinkish, subglobose to short-cylindric, 10–12 mm diam.; bractlets crested along keels. Flowers: tube densely lanate; perianth lobes stramineous, lanceolate, 4.5–4.7 mm, indurate, apex spinose-tipped. Utricles ovoid, 2 mm, apex acute. Seeds subglobose to ovoid, 1.5–1.6 mm.
Phenology
dec-feb (winter), mar-may (spring), jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
0–10 m;
Distribution
USA Tex.

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