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Gomphrena celosioides
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Gomphrena alba Peter Gomphrena globosa L. subsp. africana Stuchlik |
| Common names: | Bachelor's button (English) Prostrate globe-amaranth (English) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Prostrate much-branched perennial herb, often mat-forming. Leaves opposite, narrowly oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, up to c. 6 cm long, Hairless or thinly hairy above, with long hairs below and on the margins. Inflorescences terminal, subglobose to cylindrical, up to c. 5 cm long and c. 1.3 cm wide, white. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | celosioides: like a Celosia, another genus in this family. |
| Habitat: | In disturbed ground, roadsides, lawns and cultivated areas. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1600 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native of South America, but nowadays a weed of disturbed places throughout the tropics and subtropics. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 28 November 2011 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 19. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 144. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 337. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 48. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 16. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 20. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 23. (Includes a picture). Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 134 - 135. (Includes a picture). Roodt, V. (2011). Wild flowers, Waterplants and Grasses of the Okavango Delta and Kalahari "Did You Know" nature series Struik Nature for Veronica Roodt Publications Page 26. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 21. Townsend, C.C. (1988). Amaranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1) Pages 130 - 132. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 36 - 37. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 31. (Includes a picture). |
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