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Gomphrena
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Liz Makings
Flora of North America
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 checklist:
San Rafael State Park
Gomphrena caespitosa
Gomphrena nitida