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Gomphrena serrata L.

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Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Gomphrena

Characteristics

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. Utricles ovoid, 2.2 mm, apex acute. Seeds 1.2 mm.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 1.0
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Sore (unspecified), Internal (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Female (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Gomphrena serrata leaf picture by Mary Pead (cc-by-sa)
Gomphrena serrata leaf picture by Tharunoju Laxman kumar (cc-by-sa)
Gomphrena serrata leaf picture by David Dover (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Gomphrena serrata flower picture by Tharunoju Laxman kumar (cc-by-sa)
Gomphrena serrata flower picture by bochi cesar (cc-by-sa)
Gomphrena serrata flower picture by Quingatuña Nancy (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Gomphrena serrata world distribution map, present in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:112097-2
WFO ID wfo-0000706267
COL ID 3GTMZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629777
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Synonyms

Gomphrena decumbens f. foliatissima Achyranthes ternata Xeraea decumbens Gomphrena diffusa Gomphrena dispersa Gomphrena ixiamensis Celosia procumbens Celosia prostrata Gomphrena argentea Gomphrena bicolor Gomphrena trispicata Gomphrena decumbens Amaranthoides decumbens Celosia decumbens Gomphrena perennis f. simplex Gomphrena prostrata Gomphrena decumbens var. pringlei Gomphrena decumbens var. roseiflora Xeraea serrata Gomphrena decumbens f. erecta Gomphrena decumbens f. lanceolata Gomphrena decumbens f. magnifolia Gomphrena decumbens f. nitida Gomphrena decumbens f. obovata Gomphrena flava Gomphrena serrata
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