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Globe amaranth
Globe amaranth
Gomphrena globosa
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical grassland
Range
Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Uncommon

About

This annual plant grows in sunny fields and reaches two feet in height. Its colorful, spherical heads are actually stiff bracts that never wilt when cut.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Gomphrena
Species
Gomphrena globosa