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2. Gomphrena celosioides Mart.wfo-0000705896

Beitr. Amarant. in Nova Acta Nat. Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Cur. 13: 301. 1826; L.B. Smith in Fl. II. Cat. Amarant.: 84. 1972; K.Larsen in Fl. C.L.V. 24: 54. 1989. Plate XXVII: 38.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Perennial herb, stems pubescent ascending. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, hirsute, 2–3 by 0.5–1 cm, petiole ca 0.5 cm. Inflorescences pedunculate; involucral bracts 2, leafy; spikes oblong, 2–3 by 1–1.2 cm. Bracts ovate-acuminate, glabrous, ca 3 mm long; bracteoles as long as or slightly longer than perianth, dorsal crest narrow, entire and only present in the flower part. Flowers white; tepals narrdwly lanceolate, 3 outer villous at base, 2 inner villous all over the dorsal side. Stamens shorter than or equalling perianth, anthers subsessile. Ovary obovoid; style very short, stigma bifid. Fruit obovoid. Seeds lenticular, 1 mm diam.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phitsanulok; NORTH- EASTERN: Khon Kaen; EASTERN: Nakhon Ratchasima; CENTRAL: Saraburi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi; PENINSULAR: noted as common by the author.

Distribution : Origin in S America (Brazil – type), now spreading all over the warmer parts of the world.

Ecology : Weedy in open sunny places.

Vernacular : Ban mai ru roi pa (บานไม่รู้โรยป่า)(Central).