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 |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. |
Habitat | Lawns, roadsides, sandy open areas, woodlands, hammocks |
Elevation | 0-1500 m [0-4900 ft] |
Distribution |
FL; GA; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 453. |
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Synonyms | G. decumbens, G. dispersa |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 224. (1753) |
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