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Gomphrena martiana

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Philoxerus heliotropifolius Griseb. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] Gomphrena martiana Gillies ex Moq. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Gomphrena decumbens
  • Gomphrena martiana
  • Iresine chenopodioides
  • Gomphrena boliviana
  • Philoxerus heliotropifolius

Flora

Entry for Gomphrena martiana Gillies ex Moquin-Tandon [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 martiana Gillies ex Moquin-Tandon [family AMARANTHACEAE], in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr., 13(2): 400. 1849
Treatment Author(s)
Steven E. Clemants
Information
Plants perennial, not cespitose, 0.4–1.5 dm; roots unknown. Stems erect, sparsely pilose. Leaves: petiole 0.4–1.4 cm; blade green, elliptic, 2.3–3.5 × 0.7–1 cm, apex acute, pilose. Inflorescences: heads white, subglobose, 7–11 mm diam., not subtended by 2 leaves; bractlets white, slightly ridged abaxially, not crested. Flowers: tube glabrous; perianth lobes white, lanceolate, 3.2 mm, chartaceous, margins entire, apex acuminate. Utricles not seen. Seeds not seen.
Phenology
sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
30 m;
Distribution
South America.USA N.Y.
Native/Introduced
introduced;

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