Flora of North America species comparison

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Gomphrena serrata

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Habit Plants perennial or annual, not cespitose, 1–10 dm; roots fibrous.
Stems

prostrate, procumbent, or decumbent, pilose.
Leaves

sessile or petiolate;

petiole to 0.6 cm;

blade green, obovate to oblong, 1.5–7.5 × 0.5–2.5 cm, apex rounded or obtuse, pilose-sericeous.
Inflorescences

heads white tinged with pink or red, globose to short-cylindric, 9–13 mm diam.;

bractlets with denticulate crests along keel.
Flowers

tube densely lanate;

perianth lobes white, narrowly oblong, 4–5 mm, apex attenuate.
Seeds

1.2 mm.
Utricles

ovoid, 2.2 mm, apex acute.

Gomphrena serrata
Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Lawns, roadsides, sandy open areas, woodlands, hammocks
Elevation 0-1500 m (0-4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 453.
Parent taxa Amaranthaceae > Gomphrena
Sibling taxa
G. caespitosa, G. globosa, G. haageana, G. martiana, G. nealleyi, G. nitida, G. sonorae, G. viridis
Synonyms G. decumbens, G. dispersa
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 224. (1753)
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