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Gomphrena pulchella, the pink globe amaranth, is a subshrub or short-lived perennial from South America, grown for its round purplish-pink flower heads. It needs full sun and well-drained soil in warm conditions.
Gomphrena pulchella, the pink globe amaranth, is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family native to Paraguay, Northern Argentina, and many of the surrounding areas, as well as parts of northeastern Brazil where it grows primarily in cerrado grasslands. It's also been introduced to southeastern Mexico and can be seen in gardens outside of that range.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gomphrena pulchella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
