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Gomphrena sonorae

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Name

Identification
Gomphrena sonorae Torr. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Gomphrena decipiens S.Watson [family AMARANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gomphrena decipiens
  • Gomphrena sonorae
Common name
  • Sonoran globe-amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Gomphrena sonorae 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 sonorae Torrey [family AMARANTHACEAE], in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., 2(1): 181. 1859
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Plants perennial or annual, not cespitose, 1.5–6 dm; roots primary, woody or fibrous. Stems erect or ascending, sparsely pilose, glabrate. Leaves sessile or petiolate; petiole to 0.9 cm; blade green, elliptic, oblong, ob-lanceolate, or linear, 3–10 × 0.5–1.2 cm, sparsely pilose. Inflorescences: heads white, globose, 0.8–1.3 mm diam., subtended by 2 leaves; bractlets white, not crested. Flowers: tube densely lanose proximally; perianth lobes white, oblong, 3.5–4 mm, hyaline, apex rounded to emarginate. Utricles ovoid, 2.2 mm, apex acute. Seeds 1–1.5 mm.
Phenology
dec-feb (winter), jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
900–1800 m;
Distribution
Mexico.USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.

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