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Globe amaranth

Gomphrena

Globe amaranth
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)

About

Gomphrena is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are known as the globe amaranths.

The genus includes 139 species, which are native to the Americas (southern United States to southern Argentina), western and central tropical Africa, Australia, and Japan and Taiwan.

Other Gomphrena plants

Gomphrena vermicularis · Gomphrena agrestis · Bachelors Buttons · Batchelor's button · Common globe amaranth · Rio Grande globe amaranth · Gomphrena pohlii · Gomphrena prostrata · Gomphrena pulchella · Gomphrena rigida · Sonoran globe amaranth · Gomphrena radicata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gomphrena by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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