Gomphrena nealleyi

J. M. Coulter & Fisher

Bot. Gaz. 17: 349. 1892.

Common names: Nealley’s globe-amaranth
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 453. Mentioned on page 451, 452.

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 rounded, 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: Flowering winter–summer.
Habitat: Grasslands, sandy soils
Elevation: 0-10 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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