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Gomphrena viridis
Woot. & Standl.
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Green Globe-Amaranth
Smithsonian Institution
FNA
Resources
Steven E. Clemants in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
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.
Flowering summer-fall. Dry plains, hillsides; 1000-2000 m; Ariz., N.Mex.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora).
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This project made possible by
National Science Foundation Award 1410069
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