Prostrate Globe-Amaranth
Gomphrena celosioides
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Prostrate Globe-Amaranth
Identify Prostrate Globe-Amaranth by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Head (dense tight cluster).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Prostrate Globe-Amaranth.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gomphrena celosioides
- Genus
- Gomphrena
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles and waste places
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- Warmer regions of the world
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The opposite, elliptical leaves have short, hairy petioles, are pubescent and about 4 cm (1.6 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“The opposite, elliptical leaves have short, hairy petioles, are pubescent and about 4 cm (1.6 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The opposite, elliptical leaves have short, hairy petioles, are pubescent and about 4 cm (1.6 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Prostrate Globe-Amaranth itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- Head (dense tight cluster)recorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Prostrate Globe-Amaranth itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- সাদা মোরগফুল
About Prostrate Globe-Amaranth
Prostrate Globe-Amaranth (Gomphrena celosioides) belongs to the Amaranthaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and 17 other states. It grows in scrub jungles and waste places. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Prostrate Globe-Amaranth belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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