Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch

Rio grande globe amaranth (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Gomphrena

Characteristics

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.
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Heads at first ovoid, afterwards more spiciform, cylindric, 2½-5 cm long when adult. Bracteoles orange or reddish, 4-5 mm broad (crest included). Lobes of the staminal tube very acute, much longer than the unwithered anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.55
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 11
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Gomphrena haageana unspecified picture

Distribution

Gomphrena haageana world distribution map, present in Sri Lanka, Mexico, Malaysia, Pakistan, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327334-2
WFO ID wfo-0000706042
COL ID 3GTHV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gomphrena haageana Gomphrena coccinea Gomphrena tuberifera