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Gomphrena viridis

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Name

Identification
Gomphrena viridis Wooton, E.O. & Standley, P.C. 1913 [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Gomphrena viridis Wooton & Standley [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 viridis Wooton & Standley [family AMARANTHACEAE], Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb., 16: 120. 1913
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
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
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
1000–2000 m;
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua).Mexico (Sonora).USA Ariz.USA N.Mex.

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