Gomphrena haageana
Klotzsch
Family:
Amaranthaceae
globe amaranth,
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Rio Grande Globe-Amaranth
[
Gomphrena tuberifera
Torr.]
TANAKA Juuyoh (????)
FNA
Resources
Steven E. Clemants in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants
perennial, not cespitose, 2-7 dm; roots primary, fusiform, fleshy.
Stems
erect, pilose.
Leaves
sessile or petiolate; petiole to 2 cm; blade green, oblanceolate to oblong-linear, 3-10 × 0.3-1 cm, apex acute to acuminate, mucronate, pilose.
Inflorescences:
heads stramineous, globose to short-cylindric, 20-28 mm diam.; bractlets crested along keel.
Flowers:
tube densely lanate; perianth lobes stramineous, linear-lanceolate, 5.3 mm, hyaline, apex acuminate.
Utricles
ovoid, 2.2 mm, apex acute.
Seeds
1.4 mm.
Flowering fall. Rocky banks; 1200-1500 m; N.Mex., Tex.; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora).
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