Gomphrena globosa

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Species Distribution Map
Family:AMARANTHACEAE
Species:Gomphrena globosa L.
Common Name:Common Globe Amaranth
Habitat:Rare escape from gardens. Trash dumps, disturbed areas along roads, cracks in sidewalks.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:GOGL
Plant Notes:Common Globe Amaranth is an introduced annual herb in the Amaranth family (Amaranthaceae). It is native to Central America, but is widely cultivated around the world. In Alabama it has been collected as a waif in the central and northern portions of the state. Common Globe Amaranth grows on roadsides, in vacant lots, and on other disturbed sites. It is an erect herb from 1-3 feet in height with fibrous roots. The stems are branched, green or reddish in color, pubescent, with slightly inflated nodes. Leaves are opposite, petiolate, obovate or oblong in outline, ciliate along the undulate margins, and pubescent. Flowers are produced in terminal heads. The heads are globose or cylindric in outline and white, purple, or pink in color. The individual flowers have their filaments united into a tube, 5-parted at the apex, and are subtended by a colored bract. The fruit is an utricle. Common Globe Amaranth is a popular garden plant for its long-lasting flowers which retain their color when dried.-- A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Persisting, Not Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyAMARANTHACEAE - Amaranth family
Genus Gomphrena
Species Gomphrena globosa L. - Common Globe Amaranth

Citation

Citation Gomphrena globosa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 224. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 319.1). Lectotypified by Townsend in Nasir & Ali (ed.), Fl. W. Pakistan 71 : 46. 1974.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Etowah, Lee

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, JSU

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU113855 Etowah 28 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3268		 JSU
Gomphrena globosa Linnaeus
ALNHS00006536 Lee 02 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4687		 ALNHS
Gomphrena globosa L.
ALNHS00008928 Lee 02 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4687		 ALNHS
Gomphrena globosa L.
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