Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Gomphrena Globosa | Globe amaranth.

Classification of Gomphrena Globosa

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Gomphrena
Species: G. globosa
Binomial name
Gomphrena globosa


Family – Amarantaceae.

COM. NS.:- English. Globe amaranth.

A tall branched annual with obovate-oblong leaves and large globose, yellowish-white or crimson heads of flowers, 2.5-4 cm. in diameter, with leafy bracts and pinkish purple bracteoles.
Flowers in August-March.

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