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Gomphrena rigida, sometimes known as the Galapagos amaranth, was a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It was a shrub endemic to eastern Santiago Island the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is now extinct. It was driven to extinction by over-grazing by introduced goats, and was last collected in 1908.
Gomphrena vermicularis · Gomphrena agrestis · Bachelors Buttons · Batchelor's button · Common globe amaranth · Rio Grande globe amaranth · Gomphrena pohlii · Gomphrena prostrata · Gomphrena pulchella · Sonoran globe amaranth · Globe amaranth · Gomphrena radicata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gomphrena rigida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
