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Perennial herb with entire, opposite leaves. Inflorescences subspherical, elongating to become cylindric, subtended (in ours) by a pair of sessile leaves. Bracts present, persistent in fruit. Flowers bisexual, each solitary in the axil of each bract. Bracteoles 2, laterally flattened, winged (in ours) along the dorsal surface of the midrib. Tepals 5, erect, free or almost so, ± lanate on the back. Stamens 5. Seeds ovoid, flattened.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Gomphrena Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=540
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Gomphrena

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Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan.

Gomphrena[1][2] is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae. They are known as the globe amaranths.

Species include:

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Gomphrena: Brief Summary

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Gomphrena haageana Klotzsch, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan.

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

Species include:

Gomphrena agrestis Gomphrena canescens Gomphrena celosioides Gomphrena globosaGlobe amaranth Gomphrena haageana—Strawberry globe amaranth Gomphrena perennis Gomphrena pohlii Gomphrena prostrata Gomphrena pulchella Gomphrena serrata Gomphrena sonorae
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