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Gomphrena
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Sue Carnahan
FNA
Resources
Steven E. Clemants in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Herbs,
annual or perennial.
Stems
ascending, decumbent, prostrate, or erect.
Leaves
opposite, sessile or petiolate; blade ovate to obovate, not fleshy, margins entire, long-pilose abaxially and sometimes adaxially.
Inflorescences
terminal and/or axillary, sessile, subglobose heads, often subtended by involucres of sessile leaves; bracts and bracteoles thin.
Flowers
bisexual; tepals 5, connate proximally; stamens 5; filaments connate basally into tube; pseudostaminodes absent; ovule 1; style 1, 1.5-4 mm; stigmas 2(-3), subulate or filiform.
Utricles
included in tepals, stramineous, ovoid or oblong, somewhat compressed, membranous, usually indehiscent.
Seeds
1, lenticular, subglobose, to ovoid, smooth.
Species within inventory project:
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Gomphrena agrestis
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Gomphrena aphylla
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Gomphrena arborescens
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Gomphrena brasiliana
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Gomphrena brittonii
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Gomphrena caespitosa
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Gomphrena canescens
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Gomphrena centrota
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Gomphrena conica
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Gomphrena cunninghamii
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Gomphrena decipiens
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Gomphrena decumbens
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Gomphrena elegans
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Gomphrena ficoidea
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Gomphrena filaginoides
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Gomphrena flaccida
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Gomphrena gardneri
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Gomphrena globosa
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Gomphrena graminea
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Gomphrena haageana
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Gomphrena haenkeana
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Gomphrena hatschbachiana
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Gomphrena hermogenesii
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Gomphrena lanata
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Gomphrena macrocephala
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Gomphrena mandonii
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Gomphrena martiana
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Gomphrena meyeniana
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Gomphrena mollis
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Gomphrena muscoides
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Gomphrena nealleyi
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Gomphrena nitida
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Gomphrena palmeri
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Gomphrena parviceps
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Gomphrena perennis
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Gomphrena pilosa
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Gomphrena pohlii
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Gomphrena pringlei
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Gomphrena pulchella
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Gomphrena rodantha
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Gomphrena rosula
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Gomphrena rudis
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Gomphrena scapigera
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Gomphrena serrata
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Gomphrena sessilis
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Gomphrena sonorae
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Gomphrena tomentosa
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Gomphrena triceps
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Gomphrena vaga
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Gomphrena virgata
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